Object Number 1957.1257

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Philip Dawe (Mezzotinter)
c.1750-c.1785

Robert Sayer & John Bennett (Publisher)
1774-1785

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

October 31 1774 (1774-1774)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; London, Printed for Rob.\t Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printseller, N.\o 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 31, Oct.\r 1774.

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

18.2 (H) , 11.5 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

46.3 (H) , 29.1 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.7 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (25.0 cm). Chain interval: 2.5-2.8 cm; laid line frequency: 9 per cm. Frame H: 20.5 in. (52.0 cm). Frame W: 14.2 in. (36.0). Frame D:0.8 in. (2.1 cm). H at left. W at bottom. D at bottom left.

Publisher Summary

Robert Sayer & John Bennett

Publication Date

10/31/1774

Place of Publication

53 Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

"PTOMAS FIN DANGOUMOIS"

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 93, p. 150.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 88, p. 38.
[Book] The British Museum & George, Mary Dorothy. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. 5.
• Print listed as no. 5232, pp. 168-169.
[Book] Labaree, Benjamin W., et al. 1998 America and the Sea: A Maritime History.
• Illustrated on p. 118.
[Article] Van Buymbeke, Bertrand. 2014 La Guerre Qui a Fait L'Amerique. 16-20.
• Similar to print