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The Tea-Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution

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The Tea-Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution. [Title in German]: Angewitter entstanden durch die Auflage auf den Thee in Amerika. [Title in French]: Orage causé par l'impôt sur le Thé en Amerique. Place:  London [i.e., Nuremberg? Paris?]. Date:  1779 [i.e., 1778?]. Narrative description:  Boston Tea Party. Europe, Africa, America, and Asia watch images of the American Revolution projected by Father Time with a magic lantern. Parallels are drawn with the revolt of Switzerland and the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain. Images include: Africa as a woman; America as an Indian; Asia as a woman; Britain as a prostrate lion; Europe as a woman; the American rattlesnake flag; France as a cock; the world as a globe; Holland as a lion with arrows; liberty cap; American soldiers; independence of Switzerland; teapot; William Tell. Creator:  [Carl Guttenberg]. Accession number:  31615.

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