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Alfred Jones — Patrick Henry Delivering His Celebrated Speech in the House of Burgesses, Virginia

Alfred Jones

Patrick Henry Delivering His Celebrated Speech in the House of Burgesses, Virginia

1852

Based on the famous colonial orator's defiant speech against British taxation, this engraving helped popularize American Revolutionary imagery in 19th-century visual culture.

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Alfred Jones, Patrick Henry Delivering His Celebrated Speech in the House of Burgesses, Virginia, 1852

Based on the famous colonial orator's defiant speech against British taxation, this engraving helped popularize American Revolutionary imagery in 19th-century visual culture.

Medium
engraving
Year
1852
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Monochrome, Political, 19th Century, American, Historical, Portrait, Narrative, Engraving, Black and White, Formal

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