Alternative of Williamsburg,Virginian Loyalists,Sons of Liberty,US Revolution

Title: The alternative of Williams-burg
Creator(s): Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher
Related Names:
Dawe, Philip , artist
Date Created/Published: London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775 Feb. 16.
Summary: Print shows a 'Virginian loyalist' being forced to sign a document, possibly issued by the Williamsburg Convention, by a club-wielding mob of 'liberty men'. On the left, a man is being led towards a gallows standing in the background on the right and from which hangs a sack of feathers and a barrel of tar.
Notes:
Plate IV.
Attributed to Philip Dawe, per BMC no. 5284.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5284
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
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. 680.
Exhibited in: Creating the United States, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
Subjects:
Sons of Liberty--People--Virginia--Williamsburg--1770-1780.
Vigilance committees--Virginia--Williamsburg--1770-1780.
Crowds--Virginia--Williamsburg--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780.
Mezzotints--British--1770-1780.
Bookmark /97514624/
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