Title

A new method of torture as practised in Boston

Caption

A new method of torture as practised in Boston. The print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short rope around his neck, which may have been attached to the rope hanging from a gallows in the background. On 27 January 1774, British customs official John Malcolm was tarred and feathered, led to a gallows and forced to drink tea, Historic, digitally restored reprod

Date

Jun 13, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER

Reference

BRK23D34_196

License type

Royalty free

Available size

44.4Mb (3.1Mb) / 11.5in x 15.0in / 3452 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

activity America American art art print artwork big black black and white body part Boston British cartoon colouring comic contemporary customs customs officer dead death depiction depiction digital disease drawing drawn drink drink entertainment fixed fixing former gallow hang historic Historic illustration history hot beverage hot beverage hurt illustration injure leaf leisure male man Massachusetts method nature neck new North America old pain painful painting penalty person photographic reproduction pinnate plant point recreational activity replication restoration restored revolution rope short sick sketch social suffering tarred tea tea pot Three People torture torturer two US-American USA victim vintage white woodcut