Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Mitred Minuet
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Accession number:
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29836
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Record number:
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29836-12
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JCB call number:
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DC R888a
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Image title:
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The Mitred Minuet
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Creator 1:
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Paul Revere
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Creator 1 dates:
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1734-1818
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Creator 1 role:
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Sc.
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Place image published:
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[Boston]
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Image publisher:
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[Joseph Greenleaf]
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Image date:
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[1774]
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Image function:
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plate; following p.364
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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9.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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23.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Cartoon of four bishops dancing around the Quebec Bill. Behind them three British gentlemen, one playing a bagpipe and wearing a kilt, presided over by a devil and surrounded by other clergymen who direct the dance.
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Source Title:
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The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For October, 1774
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Source place of publication:
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Boston
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Source publisher:
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Printed by and sold at Greenleaf's Printing-Office in Union-street ...
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Source date:
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1774
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notes:
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The Quebec Act (which enlarged Quebec, emancipated Roman Catholics, and retained French law) alarmed the anti-Catholic English colonies; they felt Catholicism was being forced upon them. The three British statesmen are Frederick, Lord North, John Stuart, earl of Bute (wearing Scottish dress), and another statesman. Revere copied the plate from the London Magazine, July 1774, vol. 43, p. 312. Image is placed horizontally on page. Published first by Isaiah Thomas and then Joseph Greenleaf in Boston, this magazine was produced from January 1774 until April 1775 when the war put an end to publication.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 88; British Museum no. 5228a
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1946.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Québec (Province)--Politics and government
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Subject headings:
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Quebec Act, 1774
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Subject headings:
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Political cartoons
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