A New Method of Macarony Making, as practised at Boston - London, 12th October 1774 - Mezzotint, "printed for Charrington Rowles, No 69 in St Paul's Church Yard" The 1776 Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (15 April - 2 October 1976) Two Bostonians tar and feather an unfortunate customs officer. The rope around his neck suggest he has been half-hanged. The cockade on the hat on the right marks the man out as one of the Sons of Liberty. The "45" on the other hat refers to the "No. 45" issue of John Wilkes's The North Briton. The satire is based on the treatment handed out to John Malcom or Malcomb, Commissioner for Customs in Boston, who in January 1774 was tarred and feathered, led to the gallows and forced to drink great quantities of tea. The "Macarony" in the title gives it an ironic twist. It was the name applied to 18th century English dandies whose clothes exaggerated the height of fashion.