The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering
published 1774
Philip Dawe
Artist, British, c. 1750 - c. 1785
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Artwork overview
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Medium
mezzotint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 35.1 x 25.4 cm (13 13/16 x 10 in.)
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Accession
1985.64.165
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2016
Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
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.
Wikidata ID
Q74070770