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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