Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: THE BOSTONIANS PAYING THE EXCISEMAN, OR TARRING AND FEATHERING.
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Accession number:
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31457
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Title:
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THE BOSTONIANS PAYING THE EXCISEMAN, OR TARRING AND FEATHERING.
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Place:
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N[ew] Y[ork]
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Publisher:
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Printed & Pubd. by H. R. Robinson, 52 Courtlandt St.
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Date:
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[ca. 1837]
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Image technique:
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Lithograph
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Image dimensions:
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30.4 x 25.9 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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Cf. BM 5232b2; Cresswell, American Revolution, 670; Honour, European vision of America, no. 229
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Notes:
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Lithograph copy of mezzotint first published in 1774.
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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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1837
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