Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: THE BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING [BOSTONIANS PAYING THE EXCISEMAN, OR TARRING AND FEATHERING]
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Accession number:
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7095
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Title:
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THE BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING [BOSTONIANS PAYING THE EXCISEMAN, OR TARRING AND FEATHERING]
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Place:
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London
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Publisher:
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Printed for Rob[er]t Sayer & J[ohn]. Bennett, Map & Printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street as the Act directs
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Date:
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1774, 31, Octr.
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Image technique:
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Mezzotint, colored.
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Image dimensions:
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33 x 25.4 cm. (image).
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Narrative description:
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Bostonians tarring and feathering John Malcomb, the British Commissioner of Customs. Images include: liberty tree with noose; Sons of Liberty; Boston Tea Party.
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References:
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BM 5232b; Cresswell, American Revolution, 670
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Notes:
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"Plate I." at lower left. Attributed to Philip Dawe by the British Museum Catalogue.
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Creators:
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[Philip Dawe]
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Subject:
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North Administration (January 1770-March 1782). Tension between Britain and the American colonies.
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Normalized date:
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1774
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