National Museum of American History
A New Method of Macarony Making As Practiced at Boston
Pendleton's Lithography · 1830
Black and white print; outdoor scene of three men standing in front of a gallows with a broken rope hanging from the gallows. One man is tarred and feathered from from the neck down and has the other half of the broken rope around his neck. This refers to the 1774 tar and feathering of British custom officer John Malcom. The American holding the teapot is wearing a hat with "45" ,indicating his membership in the Sons of Liberty.
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