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Lot 304 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AMBASSADOR J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II
THE BOSTON MASSACRE, PERPETRATED ON MARCH THE 5TH, 1770
Paul Revere, 1772
Closed22 January 2021
Price Realised
USD 5,625
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Paul REVERE (1734-1818). "The Boston Massacre, perpetrated on March the 5th, 1770," excised from the Massachusetts Calendar, or an Almanac for 1772. Boston: Isaiah Thomas, 1772.
Revere's woodcut of the Boston Massacre. This simplified version of Revere's copperplate Massacre graced not only the 1772 edition of the Massachusetts Calendar but would appear also on the 1772 broadside, A Monumental Inscription on the Fifth of March, both printed by Isaiah Thomas. See Brigham, Paul Revere’s Engravings, p. 64.
Woodcut. 6 x 4 3/8 in (155 x 112mm). (Loss at bottom affecting text with missing text supplied in facsimile.) Framed.
Revere's woodcut of the Boston Massacre. This simplified version of Revere's copperplate Massacre graced not only the 1772 edition of the Massachusetts Calendar but would appear also on the 1772 broadside, A Monumental Inscription on the Fifth of March, both printed by Isaiah Thomas. See Brigham, Paul Revere’s Engravings, p. 64.
Woodcut. 6 x 4 3/8 in (155 x 112mm). (Loss at bottom affecting text with missing text supplied in facsimile.) Framed.