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The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.
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Paul Revere
Title
The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.
Description
English: A sensationalized portrayal of the skirmish, later to become known as the "Boston Massacre," between British soldiers and citizens of Boston on March 5, 1770. On the right a group of seven uniformed soldiers, on the signal of an officer, fire into a crowd of civilians at left. Three of the latter lie bleeding on the ground. Two other casualties have been lifted by the crowd. In the foreground is a dog; in the background are a row of houses, the First Church, and the Town House. Behind the British troops is another row of buildings including the Royal Custom House, which bears the sign (perhaps a sardonic comment) "Butcher's Hall." Beneath the print are 18 lines of verse, which begin: "Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore, Thy hallowed Walks besmeared with guiltless Gore." Also listed are the "unhappy Sufferers" Saml Gray, Saml Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, and Patrick Carr (killed) and it is noted that there were "Six wounded; two of them (Christr Monk & John Clark) Mortally."
Date 28 March 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-03-28T00:00:00Z/11
Medium print. engraving with watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions 10.1 × 13.1 in (25.7 × 33.4 cm) (plate)
Accession number
LC-DIG-ppmsca-01657 (digital file from original)
Notes
English: The print was copied by Revere from a design by Henry Pelham for an engraving eventually published under the title "The Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or the Bloody Massacre," of which only two impressions could be located by Brigham. Revere's print appeared on or about March 28, 1770.
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID ppmsca.01657.
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