File:The Bostonians in Distress mezzotint 1774.jpg

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Summary

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Unknown artistUnknown artist
Author
printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett in Fleetwood Street.
Description
English: "The Bostonians in Distress," Satirical drawing of the plight of the citizens of Boston, Massachusetts, during the closing of the Port of Boston in 1774. Illustration shows the English artillery aimed at the city by British General Thomas Gage, in an effort to cut the city off and starve its inhabitants.
Psalm 107.6 of the Bible is written on a paper held by the standing captive which reads "They cried unto the Lord in their Trouble & he saved them out of their Distress"
Date 1774
date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium mezzotint print
Dimensions height: 354 mm (13.93 in); width: 253 mm (9.96 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,354U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,253U174789
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-1013-854

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