print; perspective view

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Object Type: print; perspective view
Museum number: 1898,0725.8.1293
Title: Object: La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck.
Description: A street crossing with a statue of George III at centre; white and black labourers pulling it down with ropes and attacking the stone with axes, in front of onlookers. c.1776 Etching
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Production date: 1776 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Augsburg
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Dimensions: Height: 286 millimetres (sheet (trimmed)); Width: 402 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: sculpture; black; revolution/insurrection
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Associated places: Topographic representation of: New York (city)
Associated events: Associated Event: Destruction of the royal statue in New York 10 July 1776; Associated Event: American War of Independence 1776
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Acquisition date: 1898
Acquisition notes: The group of prints registered under 1898,0725.1 to 8 was recorded as being given by Franks, although it was registered a year after his death. This is because the prints were already in the BM in 1897 as a proposed gift. But they are recorded here as having being bequeathed by him.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1898,0725.8.1293

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