Lot 138
[The Boston Massacre ] Engraving after Paul Revere, 1832. A nineteenth-century colored reproduction of Revere's famous engraving of the Boston Massacre scene. The engraver of the facsimile print is unidentified but attributed by Clarence Brigham to William F. Straton. The text at the top reads "The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt." Beneath the image is a poem, and the last engraved line is the text "Boston (Fac-Simile) Republished at 15 Water St. March 5, 1832." "Copy Right Secured" is between the poem and the text at the bottom. Plate size: 10¼ x 8½"; matted to 18¼ x 16½". Fine condition.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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| Realized $480 |
