Painting by Allyn Cox an oil canvas painting located in the U.S. Capitol Building. To the right, a business transaction. To the left, a woman pleads her case to a civil officer.
An additional introduction page to the background information regarding what the excise tax was on distilled spirits and who this affected in the United States.
A tax collector is tarred and feathered by anti-tax frontiersmen during the Whiskey Rebellion. Violent Protesters take action against a tax collector to rebel again the new excise tax.