WILLIAM CHARLES

WILLIAM CHARLES (AMERICAN, 1776-1820)

Etching: 10 x 13 1/2 in. (sight), 12 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (framed)
Framed; lower left inscribed in plate: "Philada. Pubd, and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, 1814"

Note:
This work is a depiction ridiculing the Alexandrians for their lack of resistance to the British seizure of their city in 1814. It has been suggested that this work was a possible companion piece to Charles's "John Bull and the Baltimoreans"

Estimate $300-500