The Boston Massacre
1770
Artist, American, 1735 - 1818

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20 × 21.91 cm (7 7/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
sheet: 27.31 × 23.81 cm (10 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.9042
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Catalogue Raisonné
Brigham 1969, pl. 14
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing Julius Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1943 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1986-1987
2016
Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1969
Brigham, Clarence S. Paul Revere's Engravings. New York: Atheneum, 1969, pl. 14.
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, above image: The Boston Massacre perpetuated in King Street BOSTON on March 5th, 1770 by a party of the 29th RegT.; in plate, in image, at lower left: Engrav'd Printed & Sold by Paul Revere BOSTON
Watermarks
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Wikidata ID
Q65024291