Slideshow: Currier & Ives: Liberty & Justice
Destruction Of Tea At Boston Harbor
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Nathaniel Currier
Hand-colored lithograph
On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men disguised as Mohawk Indians, who called themselves the "Sons of Liberty," boarded three ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. Of the many important Revolutionary events captured by Currier & Ives in their lithographs, "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor" is one of the most popular because it represented the spirit of the people united against British authority and in support of the New Republic.
Hand-colored lithograph
On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men disguised as Mohawk Indians, who called themselves the "Sons of Liberty," boarded three ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. Of the many important Revolutionary events captured by Currier & Ives in their lithographs, "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor" is one of the most popular because it represented the spirit of the people united against British authority and in support of the New Republic.