The Boston Massacre
1770
Medium
Wood engraving, with hand coloring, on tan laid paper
Dimensions
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.)
Classification
wood engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
100909
About the Artist
Paul Revere Jr. · 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...