Dawe, Philip, fl. 1750-1785 The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring & Feathering

GLC04961.01

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GLC#
GLC04961.01
Type
Images
Date
October 31 1774
Author/Creator
Dawe, Philip, fl. 1750-1785
Title
The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring & Feathering
Place Written
London, England
Pagination
1 engraving Height: 37.8 cm, Width: 27 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

Engraving attributed to Philip Dawe, with hand-coloring. Shows the Boston Tea Party in the background, a "Liberty Tree" with a paper "Stamp Act" affixed upside-down, with five unsavory Bostonians forcibly pouring a pot of tea into the mouth of a tarred and feathered tea excise collector. Printed for Robert Sayer and J. Bennett, October 24, 1774. Dawe was a British mezzotint engraver.

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