Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 521
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) The Royal Hunt, or a Prospect of the Year 1782. Hand-colored etching, 10 x 14 inches, quite worn and soiled, laid down on paper. London: R. Owen, 16 February 1782

Additional Details

Depicts a group of dawdling British politicians beside "the Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins." Most of the pillars supporting the empire, among them Rhode Island and Charlestown, have already toppled. Cresswell 809.