Object Number 1958.2398 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

A VIEW OF PART OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON IN NEW ENGLAND AND BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR LANDING THEIR TROOPS! 1768

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Paul Revere Jr. (Engraver, printer and seller)
12/21/1734-05/10/1818
Paul Revere, son of a silversmith with the same name, apprenticed to his father in 1747. His father died in 1754, before Paul could complete his training. Although he was legally too young to inherit the business, he remained active there until he was twenty one, when he assumed control. During the ensuing five decades, Revere and his employees produced hundreds of household, personal, ceremonial, and commemorative silver artifacts for well-to-do Bostonians. Revere's daybooks record that he fabricated twenty-five ladles between 1781 and 1797, calling them tureen ladle, soup ladle, and in one instance, scalloped tureen ladle. For the most part, he made one in any given year, except for 1795, when he fashioned five, and 1796, when he made six.

Christian Remick (Designer and colorist)
1726

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom right within border; ENGRAVED, PAINTED, & SOLD by PAUL REVERE, BOSTON.

Subjects

Historical; City view; American Indian; Native American

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

10.9 (H) , 16.5 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 15.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27.8 (H) , 41.8 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 15.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 10.2 in. (25.8 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 15.75 in. (40.1 cm). Chain intervals: 2.7-2.8 cm; 8 laid lines per cm. No conservation file.

Publisher Summary

Revere, Paul Jr.

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

State

II

Watermark

Lily on crowned shield with initials "GR"

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 42, pp.120-121.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 307, pp. 436-437.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 78, p. 36.
[Book] Brigham, Clarence S. 1954 Paul Revere's Engravings.
• Discussed on pp. 58-64. Published: pl. 24.
[Book] Stokes, I. N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel Carl. 1932 American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
• Print listed as no. 1768-B-66.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2676, p. 441.
[Book] Labaree, Benjamin W., et al. 1998 America and the Sea: A Maritime History.
• Illustrated on p. 115.
[Other] Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc. Sowing the Seeds of Liberty: Lexington and the American Revolution Exhibit.
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