Johann Martin Will - Die wage der mache ... La balance de la puissance.
Summary
Print shows Justice holding a scale on which Britannia outweighs a Spaniard, a Frenchman, America (represented by a Native wearing a feathered headdress), and a Dutchman. Includes legend corresponding to numbered figures.
(legend).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 762.
Tags
britannia symbolic character
scales
measuring
international relations
history
revolution
allegories
intaglio prints
german
die
wage
mache
die wage der mache
balance
la balance
puissance
1780
prints
popular graphic arts
johann martin will
allegorical prints
american art
illumination of books and manuscripts
united states history
library of congress
Date
1600 - 1700
Contributors
Will, Johann Martin, 1727-1806, engraver
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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