Paul Revere

American, 1735 - 1818

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American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution

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Paul Revere, Masonic Certificate, 1796 (printed 1954), engraving on wove paper, printed by Herbert Pasternack in 1954, Rosenwald Collection, 1980.45.1222

Masonic Certificate

Paul Revere · 1796 (printed 1954) · engraving on wove paper, printed by Herbert Pasternack in 1954 ·  Accession ID  1980.45.1222

The spout of this silver teapot faces our left and the black handle our right in this photograph. The body of the teapot would be oval shaped if viewed from above. The sides of the teapot are straight and fluted to create vertical columns that curve inward. The shallowly domed lid has a flat, black, disk-like knob. The long, straight, narrow spout tapers from the base of the teapot to the opening, which is level with the top of the teapot. The handle to the right curves like the right half of a heart and flares upward where the thumb would rest at the top of the curve. The handle is affixed to the body of the teapot with short silver sleeves. The body is engraved along the top and bottom with decorative bands of garlands and vegetal scrolls. A rose-like flower and leaves are incised near the base on the side facing us.
Paul Revere, Teapot, 1782, silver, wood, and metal, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E.D.W. Spingarn), 2014.136.365

Teapot

Paul Revere · 1782 · silver, wood, and metal ·  Accession ID  2014.136.365

Paul Revere, The Mitred Minuet, 1774, engraving in black on wove paper mounted to wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund), 2015.19.783

The Mitred Minuet

Paul Revere · 1774 · engraving in black on wove paper mounted to wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.783

Printed with black lines and shading and then painted, a row of seven red-uniformed soldiers to the right fire rifles into a crowd of dozens in a town square in this vertical engraving. The soldiers are led by an eighth behind the line, who raises a sword. Blood gushes from wounded people to the left, who wear clothing in shades of marine and sky blue and brick red. A small brown dog stands near one dead person along the bottom of the composition, and two- and three-story buildings enclose the rectangular square behind the action. The sky is tinted blue along the top of the print, and a crescent moon is in the top left corner. An inscription near the dog in the image reads, “Engrav’d Printed & Sold by Paul Revere Boston.” Printed text over the image reads, “The Bloody Massacre perpetuated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.” Three columns of text below read, “Unhappy Boston! See thy Sons deplore, They hallowed Walks besmear’d with guiltless Gore. While faithless P—n and his savage Bands, With murd’rous Rancour stretch their bloody Hands; Like fierce Barbarainas grinning o’er their Prey, Approve the Carnage and enjoy the Day. If sealding drops from Rage from Anguish Wrung, If speeches Sorrows lab’ring for a Tongue, Or if a weeping World can ought appease, The plaintive Ghosts of Victims such as these; The Patriot’s copious Tears for each are shed, A glorious Tribute which embalms the Dead. But know, Fat summons to that awful Goal, Where Justice strips the Murd’rer of his Soul: Should venal C—ts the scandal of the Land, Snatch the relentless Villain from her Hand, Keen Execrations on this Plate inscribed, Shall reach a Judge who never can be brib’d.” Cursive printed script below reads, “The unhappy Sufferers were Sam’l Gray, Sam’l Maverick, Jam’s Caldwell, Crispus Attacuks & Pat’k Carr Killed. Six wounded, two of them (Christ’r Monk and John Clark) Mortally.”
Paul Revere, The Boston Massacre, 1770, engraving with hand coloring on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.9042

The Boston Massacre

Paul Revere · 1770 · engraving with hand coloring on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1943.3.9042

Paul Revere, The Obelisk under the Liberty Tree, Boston, 1766 (printed 1973), engraving on wove paper, printed by Ed. O'Brien in 1973, Rosenwald Collection, 1980.45.1223

The Obelisk under the Liberty Tree, Boston

Paul Revere · 1766 (printed 1973) · engraving on wove paper, printed by Ed. O'Brien in 1973 ·  Accession ID  1980.45.1223

Paul Revere, Buried with Him by Baptism, c. 1765, engraving in black on laid paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund), 2015.19.608

Buried with Him by Baptism

Paul Revere · c. 1765 · engraving in black on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.608

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Masonic Certificate [verso]

Paul Revere · · engraved copper plate ·  Accession ID  1953.6.252.b

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The Obelisk under the Liberty Tree, Boston [recto]

Paul Revere · · engraved copper plate ·  Accession ID  1953.6.252.a