A new method of macarony making, as practised at Boston in North America [mezzotint]

A new method of macarony making, as practised at Boston in North America [mezzotint]

London : Printed for Carington Bowles ..., [1774].

1 print ; 16 x 12 cm. matted 42 x 35 cm.

P&E L2018F181

(OCoLC)755706326

Depicts two Bostonians forcing a tarred and feathered man, with a noose around his neck, to drink from a large teapot. It refers to the similar treatment of John Malcolm, a British customs official, on January 25, 1774. The American man holding the teapot wears a hat with "45" on it, a patriotic symbol referring to the John Wilkes case of 1763. The other American wears large bow in his hat indicating his membership in the Sons of Liberty.
Digitized image available, see URL.

Cresswell, Donald H., The American Revolution in drawings and prints, 668

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