The Boston Massacre
Medium
Hand-colored engraving and etching
Dimensions
image: 10 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (26 x 23.2 cm) sheet: 11 x 9 9/16 in. (27.9 x 24.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Accession Number
10.125.103
Tags
About the Artist
Paul Revere Jr.|Henry Pelham · 1734–1818
Paul Revere Jr. (1734–1818), born in Boston's North End, was the son of French Huguenot silversmith Apollos Rivoire—also known as Paul Revere Sr.—and Deborah Hichborn, a member of a local artisan family. At age 13, he left school to apprentice under his father, mastering the intricate craft of silversmithing and engraving in the family shop, which he inherited upon his father's death in 1754. Reve...