Global Encounters and the Archives: Britain’s Empire in the Age of Horace Walpole
Item
The Repeal, or, The Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp, 1766
Title
The Repeal, or, The Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp, 1766
Description
The Rockingham Ministry repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766, responding to fervent protests by Patriot Whigs in Britain and across its empire. This artist's depiction of repeal is rich with symbolism. In the background, ships come into port bearing the names of those ministers who ushered in repeal, including that of Henry Seymour Conway. In the foreground, those ministers responsible for the Stamp Act –men like George Grenville, the Duke of Bedford, and Lord Bute in his Scottish plaid –mourn as this legislation is buried in a "family vault" donning kulls that correspond with the 1715 and 1745 Scottish Highland Rebellions. The numbers on their flags correspond with the numbers of votes against repeal in the Lords and Commons. Catalog Record
Contributor
Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Library
Creator
Benjamin Wilson
