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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04961.01 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 |
Title | The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring & Feathering |
Date | 31 October 1774 |
Author | Dawe, Philip (ca. 1750-1785) |
Document Type | Artwork |
Content Description | 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 31, 1774. Dawe was a British mezzotint engraver. |
Subjects | Propaganda Politics Boston Tea Party Stamp Act Revolutionary War Taxes or Taxation Mobs and Riots Government and Civics Liberty |
People | Dawe, Philip (ca. 1750-1785) Sayer, Robert (1725-1794) Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) |
Place written | London, England |
Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |