Philip Dawe

Philip Dawe (c.1730 – 13 August 1832) was an English mezzotint engraver, artist and political cartoonist.

It is said that Dawe was the only person to maintain a strong friendship with George Morland through both the ups and downs of the latter's life.

He also produced satirical political cartoons leading up to the events of the Boston Tea Party[4] and is referred to in a book entitled The Boston Port Bill as Pictured by a Contemporary London Cartoonist by R.T.H.

These cartoons include "The Bostonians in Distress," "The Alternative of Williams-Burg," and "The Butcher’s Wife Dressing for the Pantheon."

In 1774, he produced his most well known work, "Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring and Feathering."