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Paul Revere

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Paul Revere was an American printmaker and engraver whose copper plates and woodcuts documented colonial life and Revolutionary politics with direct visual clarity. His most iconic work, the engraving of the Boston Massacre (1770), became a potent propaganda tool that shaped public sentiment during the Revolution. Working primarily in line engraving and etching, Revere combined technical skill with urgent political purpose, creating images that circulated widely as broadsides and prints. His practice exemplified the role of printmaking as a democratic medium in eighteenth-century America.

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Artworks (16)

Masonic Certificate

1796 · engraving on wove paper, printed by Herbert Pasternack in 1954

plate: 34.8 x 25.5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 39 cm (22 x 15 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Milk Pot

1784 · Silver

15.9 × 6.4 × 12.4 cm (6 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Teapot

1782 · silver, wood, and metal

overall: 15.2 × 28.9 × 8.9 cm (6 × 11 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tablespoon

1780 · silver

Overall: 20 x 4.4 cm (7 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Mitred Minuet

1774 · engraving on wove paper mounted to wove paper

sheet: 10.8 × 16.99 cm (4 1/4 × 6 11/16 in.) support: 13.97 × 20 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Boston Massacre

1770 · Wood engraving, with hand coloring, on tan laid paper

Image: 20.2 × 21.9 cm (8 × 8 5/8 in.); Block: 26.2 × 23 cm (10 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27.6 × 24 cm (10 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Obelisk under the Liberty Tree, Boston

1766 · engraving on wove paper, printed by Ed. O'Brien in 1973

National Gallery of Art

Buried with Him by Baptism

1760 · engraving on laid paper

image: 15.72 × 10.64 cm (6 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.) sheet: 17.78 × 12.54 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cream Pitcher

1760 · silver

Overall: 10.9 x 9.5 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The "Boston Massacre," March 5, 1770

1755 · Facsimile, lithography on paper

Image: 11 × 12 cm (4 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 24 × 17 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Strainer

1755 · silver

with handle: 2.6 x 27.8 cm (1 x 10 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Spoon

1754 · Silver

21.6 × 4.5 cm (8 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bookplate: Coat of Arms with William Wetmore inscribed below

1745 · engraving

Sheet: 10.2 x 7 cm (4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bookplate: Coat of Arms with Gardiner Chandler inscribed below

1745 · engraving

Sheet: 8.7 x 7 cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bookplate: Coat of Arms with David Greene inscribed below

1745 · engraving

Sheet: 9.8 x 9.2 cm (3 7/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bookplate: Coat of Arms

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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16 published of 19 catalogued · 19 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Bookplate: Coat of Arms with David Greene inscribed below
1745 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Tablespoon
1780 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bookplate: Coat of Arms with Gardiner Chandler inscribed below
1745 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Strainer
1755 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Cream Pitcher
1760 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bookplate: Coat of Arms
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bookplate: Coat of Arms with William Wetmore inscribed below
1745 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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