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Tarring & feathering an excise officer

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Image ID

814291


Item data

Title

Tarring & feathering an excise officer

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Punishments

Names

Rogers, John, approximately 1808-approximately 1888 (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1863

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC PUNI `

Subjects

Punishment & torture
Men -- Clothing & dress -- United States
Punishment & torture -- United States
Government officials -- United States
Tarring & feathering -- United States

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Damage on bottom border.
Source Note: History of American conspiracies, 1760-1860. (New York : Torrey, 1863) Victor, Orville J. (Orville James) (1827-1910), Author.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17696948
Barcode: 33333159444245
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ef1ae8f0-c561-012f-7555-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1863

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Tarring & feathering an excise officer" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1863. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef1ae8f0-c561-012f-7555-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1863). Tarring & feathering an excise officer Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef1ae8f0-c561-012f-7555-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Tarring & feathering an excise officer" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef1ae8f0-c561-012f-7555-58d385a7bc34

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