The Bostonians paying the exciseman, or tarring and feathering – Antique Print
![The Bostonians paying the exciseman, or tarring and feathering, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/25/256b9557cdca-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of The Bostonians paying the exciseman, or tarring and feathering. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Bostonians paying the exciseman, or tarring and feathering
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Few images of Boston's pre-Revolution unrest show the crowd's violence as bluntly as this one, which depicts an exciseman, a customs officer, being tarred, feathered, and forced to drink tea. The scene draws on the 1770s quarrels over duties on imported goods, especially tea, and on the tarring and feathering that colonial crowds used against customs men and loyalists. Satirical prints like this one were often made in Britain and aimed at colonial resistance, so the image reflects a particular political view. The record gives no date, and the name Robinson on the shelflist card is unverified, so the print's exact origin and publisher remain uncertain.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robinson, H.R. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,235 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117274 |
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