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Print (Mezzotint)
The BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING
Philip Dawe, Robert Sayer & John Bennett
October 31 1774 (1774-1774)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Philip Dawe (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1257
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1257
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
The BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Philip Dawe (Mezzotinter); Robert Sayer & John Bennett (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
October 31 1774 (1774-1774)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, beneath image
Inscription: London, Printed for Rob.\t Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printseller, N.\o 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 31, Oct.\r 1774.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Social/political commentary
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
18.2 (H) x 11.5 (W) x 12.7 (Image H) x 9.8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
46.3 (H) x 29.1 (W) x 32.3 (Image H) x 24.8 (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
Publisher Date
10/31/1774
Place of Publication
53 Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
Robert Sayer & John Bennett
Edition Watermark
"PTOMAS FIN DANGOUMOIS"
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 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 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.
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