• A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the Stamp Act.

Collections:
  • The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
  • The Most Formidable Weapon Against Errors (Lapidus Milberg Exhibit 2025)
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Language:
  • No linguistic content; Not applicable
Creator:
  • Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
Call number:
  • A Middle 31/Drawer 09/GC024/Half Folio/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00310
Extent:
  • 1 item ; sheet 35.8 x 48 cm.
Format:
  • Visual material
Description:
  • Medium: Etchings
  • Dedication in plate, lower margin: "To Every Lover of Liberty, this is humbly dedicated, by her true born sons, in Boston, New England".
  • Inscribed in pencil, lower margin: "The original plate in the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, the verso also reprinted by Bishop // Proof presented to collection of E.A. Princeton. December 1948. // Printed by Richard Bishop // 1943".
  • Signed in plate, lower right: "Paul Revere sculp.".
Publisher:
  • 1943 (restrike) ; 1766 (original plate).
Subject:
  • Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765)—In art
  • United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Monuments—In art
  • Landscapes—Massachusetts—Boston—1766
  • Monuments—Massachusetts—Boston—In art
  • Landscapes—United States—1766
  • Landscapes—New England—1766
  • Landscapes—Northeastern States—1766
Created:
  • 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1943
Location:
  • Special Collections A Middle 31/Drawer 09/GC024/Half Folio/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00310
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dckk91g0036
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Range label:
  • Logical
Etcher:
  • Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
Printmaker:
  • Bishop, Richard, 1897-1975
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