15+ The Bostonians Paying The Excise-Man 1774 PNG. The event of january 24, 1774 occurred soon after the boston tea party of december 16, 1773 where colonists famously dumped imported tea into the harbor to protest. This is a 1774 political cartoon titled bostonians paying the excise man, or tarring and feathering. it was published in 1774 by london printers robert sayer and john bennett and attributed to london illustrator and engraver philip dawe (or dawes).
A second boston tea party took place in march 1774, when around 60 bostonians boarded the ship.
Cartoon in mezzotint, published by sayer and bennett, london, 1774. Use custom templates to tell the right story for your business. Tarring and feathering was a ritual of humiliation and public warning that stopped just short of serious injury. Bostonians pay the excise man template.
