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.
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