Lot 78
78
After PAUL REVERE

Details
After PAUL REVERE

The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Regt, by William Stratton

engraving with hand-coloring, 1832, on wove paper, with title and text, the copyright line cut, a vertical and four horizontal creases with attendant splitting and small losses (some touched), a tear and reattached loss at bottom affecting text, foxing and staining, other minor defects, framed
S. 12 x 13in. (305 x 332mm.)

Lot Essay

Many reproductions of Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre were made in the nineteenth century; of these, William F. Stratton's facsimile is particularly faithful to the original, both in its recreation of the engraving, and in its fidelity to the Revere/Christian Remick color scheme.

William Stratton (1803-1846) is listed as an engraver in the Boston Directories covering the years 1827 to 1834. For a discussion of Paul Revere's engravings and their reproductions, see Clarence S. Brigham, Paul Revere's Engravings, New York, 1969, pp. 52-78.