The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp, 1766, Hand-colored etching, plate: 8 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (22. 5 x 34. 6 cm), Prints, Anonymous, British, 18th century, British politicians are imagined processing through the London docks to mourn the repeal of the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766. A year before, Parliament had imposed this excise tax on printed goods imported to the American colonies