Object Number 1992.0020

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

A VIEW of the OBELISK erected under LIBERTY-TREE in BOSTON on the Rejoicings for the Repeal of the ----- Stamp Act 1766

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Paul Revere Jr. (Engraver)
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.

Place of Origin

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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right beneath obelisk; Paul Revere Sculp

Subjects

Allegory; Historical; Political advertisement; American Indian; Native American; George III; Queen Charlotte; Monarchs and nobility

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line engraved, Etched

Construction Description

Brown writing ink; black printing ink.

Dimensions (inches)

10.7 (H) , 15.3 (W) , 9.4 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27.1 (H) , 38.9 (W) , 9.4 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at center. Plate H (1½" from left): 10.0 in. (25.4 cm). Plate W (at top): 13.75 in. (34.9 cm). Chain intervals 2.5-2.6 cm; 8 laid lines per cm.

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Strasburg lily

Edition Notes

Watermark same as 55.500.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Published: p.127.
[Book] Brigham, Clarence S. 1954 Paul Revere's Engravings.
• Discussed on pp. 21-5 and pl. 6.