COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
31457
Title:
THE BOSTONIANS PAYING THE EXCISEMAN, OR TARRING AND FEATHERING.
Place:
N[ew] Y[ork]
Publisher:
Printed & Pubd. by H. R. Robinson, 52 Courtlandt St.
Date:
[ca. 1837]
Image technique:
Lithograph
Image dimensions:
30.4 x 25.9 cm. (image)
Narrative description:
Bostonians tarring and feathering John Malcomb, the British Commissioner of Customs. Images include: liberty tree with noose; Sons of Liberty; Boston Tea Party.
References:
Cf. BM 5232b2; Cresswell, American Revolution, 670; Honour, European vision of America, no. 229
Notes:
Lithograph copy of mezzotint first published in 1774.
Subject:
North Administration (January 1770-March 1782). Tension between Britain and the American colonies.
Normalized date:
1837
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