THE REPEAL. Or the Funeral Procession of MISS AMERIC-STAMP
Dublin Core
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Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
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Text from left side to right: [Above the vault] Within this Family Vault, Lie Interred, it is to be hoped never to rise again, The Star Chamber Court Ship Money Excise Money & all Imposts without Parliament. The Act de Haeritico Comburendo Hearth Mon Gener Warrants And which tended to alienate the Affections of Englishmen to their Country.
Visual description:
Over the Vault are placed two Skeleton Heads. Their elevation on Poles, and the dates of the two Rebellion Years, sufficiently shew what Party they espoused, and in what cause they suffered an ignominious Exit. The reverend Mr.Anti-Sejanus (who under that signature hackney'd his pen in support of the Stamps) leads the procession as officiating Priest, with the burial service and funeral sermon in his hands. Next follow two eminent Pillars of the Law, supporting two black flags, on which are delineated the Stamps with the White Rose and Thistle interwoved, an expressive design, supposed to have been originally contrived on the 10 of June. The significative motto Semper Eadem is preserved, but the Price of the Stamp is changed to three farthings, an important sum taken from the Budget. The numbers 122 and 71 declare the minority which fought under these Banners. Next appears the honourable Mr. George Stamp, full of Grief and dispair, carrying his favourite Childs Coffin, Miss Americ Stamp, who was born in 1763 and died hard in 1766. Immediately after, follows the chief Mourner Sejanus. Then his Grace of Spital Fields, and Lord Gawkee. After these Jemmy Twitcher, with a Catch, by way of funeral anthem, & by his side his friend and partner Mr. Falconer Donaldson of Halifax. The rear is brought up by two right reverend Fathers of the Church. These few mourners are seperated from the joyful scene which appears on the River Thames, where three first rate ships are riding. VIZ. the Conway, Rockingham, and Grafton. Along the opposite Shore, stand open Warehouses, for the several goods of different manufactoring towns from which Cargoes are now shipping for America. Among these is a large Case containing the Statue of Mr. Pitt, which is heaving on board a Boat No. 250, there is another boat taking in goods nearer the first Rates, which is No. 105. These Numbers will ever be held in esteem by the true SONS of LIBERTY.
Historical context:
The cartoon is subtitled "The Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp" and shows warehouses aling the Thames, empty for lack of trade with the American Colonies, and three ships in the harbor representing the Rockingham Ministry, with Lord Conway and Lord Grafton, the Secretaries of State, on either side of Rockingham. "George Stamp", in the foreground holding the coffin, represents George Grenville, ardent supporter of the Stamp Act; and in the right corner of the cartoon, directly behind the bale of stamps, is a crate containing a statue of William Pitt, Grenville's archenemy in the Stamp Act controversy. Behind "George Stamp" are two figures which appeared in the "The Tombstone" of 1765, Lord Bute and "His Grace of Spital Fields", a figure portrayed in both cartoons with weavers ' petition in his pocket.
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