Engraving of Allegorical Celebrations of the British Victories in America, 1880

1880 · Views & Engravings

Engraving of Allegorical Celebrations of the British Victories in America, 1880

Name: Engraving of Allegorical Celebrations of the British Victories in America, 1880
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: PCT-59272
Price: 860 USD
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Date: 1880
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 42.5 × 55.7 cm (16.7 × 21.9 in)
Condition: Good. Given age. Some foxing, mainly visible in the margins. Edges browned. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: PCT-59272

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

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Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

An allegorical celebration of the British victories in America at the close of the French and Indian War, known in Europe as the Seven Years' War, a hand-colored engraving after J. Miller (1763). The sheet carries no title.

Classical figures gather around a large globe, which is turned to show the northeast coast of North America and the Caribbean. They gesture toward America, while a figure of George III in classical dress looks on. At the top an allegorical image of America appears with a map of North America behind her, and angels and a winged messenger fly in the clouds. An angel in the center foreground holds a list of the British conquests of 1761, including Pondicherry, Belle Isle and Dominica, and of 1762, including Martinique, Grenada, St Vincent and St Lucia. The last entry is Havana, August 12. In the left foreground, river gods lean on an urn, and on the right helmeted war gods and armor lie in a heap beneath trees and a ruined arch.

George III came to the throne in 1760 and inherited Britain's part in the Seven Years' War, which ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris and the transfer of Canada to Britain.

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