The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering, published 1774

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Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 35.1 x 25.4 cm (13 13/16 x 10 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1985.64.165

Artists / Makers

Philip Dawe (artist) British, c. 1750 - c. 1785

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in plate: The BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING / London Printed for Robt. Sayer &J.Bennett,Map & Printseller,No.53,Fleet Stree t,as the Act directs 31,Octr.1774.

Exhibition History

2016: Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.