View The Bostonians Paying The Excise-Man 1774 Images. 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 1774 british print depicted the tarring and feathering of boston commissioner of customs john malcolm.
The men also poured hot tea down malcolm's throat, as can be seen.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Print shows five men forcing a tarred and feathered customs officer to drink from a teapot, a bucket and a liberty robert sayer and john bennett , publisher. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; The boston tea party pushed britain's parliament to assert its authority—and it passed the intolerable acts in 1774.
