The Tea-Tax-Tempest (The Oracle), 1774, Mezzotint with gouache; scratched proof, 20 1/2 x 23 3/8 in. (52.1 x 59.4 cm), Prints, John Dixon (Irish (active England), ca. 1740–1811), This allegorical scene captures a British artist’s response to the American Revolution. Father Time, at left, holds up a magic lantern (an early image projector) to reveal a view of the destruction of Britain with heraldic leopards fighting
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Tea-Tax-Tempest, Oracle, 1774, Mezzotint, gouache, scratched proof, 20 1/2 x 23 3/8, 52.1 59.4 cm, Prints, John Dixon, Irish, active England, ca., 1740–1811, allegorical, scene, captures, British artist, response, American Revolution, Father Time, left, holds up, magic lantern, early image, projector, reveal, view, destruction, Britain, heraldic leopards, fighting
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