new method of torture as practiced 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 January 27, 1774, British customs official John Malcolm was tarred and feathered, led to a gallows and forced to drink tea, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.