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Philip Dawe  (1730–1832)  wikidata:Q7183431
 
Philip Dawe
Alternative names
Philip Dawes; Philip
Description British engraver, artist and cartoonist
Dawe was an English mezzotint engraver, artist and political cartoonist
Date of birth/death 1730s
date QS:P,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
 13 August 1832 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London, England, UK Kentish Town, London, England, UK
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q7183431
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English: The Bostonians Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring and Feathering.
Deutsch: Die Bostoner Söhne der Freiheit "bezahlen" den loyalistischen Steuereintreiber John Malcolm am 5 January 1774 unter dem Liberty Tree in Boston, Massachusetts. Malcolm ist geteert und gefedert, in seinen Mund wird Tee gegossen. Im Hintergrund ist die (eigentlich 4 Wochen zuvor geschehene) Boston Tea Party zu sehen.
Français : Les Bostoniens payant le collecteur d'accises, ou l'application du goudron et des plumes.
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Deutsch: Die Söhne der Freiheit, die einen Steuereintreiber unter dem Freiheitsbaum teeren und federn.
English: A depiction of the tarring and feathering of Commissioner of Customs John Malcolm, a Loyalist, by five Patriots on 5 January 1774 under the Liberty Tree in Boston, Massachusetts. Tea is also being poured into Malcolm's mouth. The print shows the Boston Tea Party occurring in the background, though that incident had in fact taken place four weeks earlier. See The Bostonians paying the excise-man, or tarring and feathering. History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web, American Social History Project, Center for Media and Learning (CUNY Graduate Center) and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University). Retrieved on 1 May 2011.
Français : Caricature anglaise : John Malcolm passé au goudron et aux plumes, quatre semaines après la Boston Tea Party, à Boston. À l’arrière-plan, un arbre de la liberté, une corde et le Stamp Act affiché.
עברית: תושבי בוסטון מזפתים ומכסים בנוצות איש מס בריטי ב-1774.
Lietuvių: Amerikos lojalisto Džono Malkolmo viešas pažeminimas 1774 m. Bostone, su derva ir plunksnomis.
Svenska: Propagandatryck från 1774 som visar hur en brittiskt tjänsteman bestryks med tjära och fjädrar fyra veckor efter tebjudningen i Boston. Man passar även på att hälla varmt te i hans mun.
Date 31 October 1774.
Medium Mezzotint.
Dimensions height: 14 in (35.5 cm); width: 9.5 in (24.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,14U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U218593
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Object history Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, map and printseller of 53 Fleet Street, London, England, UK.
Source/Photographer
institution QS:P195,Q6225372
John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, US. https://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/m82sf4 JCBPR Print .D269b library catalog record
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Additional copies at the Library of Congress: PC 1 - 5232B (A size) [P&P]; reproduction nos.: LC-USZC4-14078 (color film copy transparency), LC-USZ62-9487 (b&w film copy negative).

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