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The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering

Philip Dawe · 1750–1785

Maximum print size

28.2 × 39.1 cm · 11.1 × 15.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,337 × 4,627 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 28.2 × 39.1 cm · 11.1 × 15.4 in
Mat border, sides: 6.4 cm · 2.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 5.8 cm · 2.3 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: published 1774
Medium: mezzotint on laid paper
Type: Print
Size: 35.1 × 25.4 cm · 13.8 × 10.0 in
Orientation: portrait
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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