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Paul Revere's ride, State House, Boston, Mass. – Antique Wall Art

Paul Revere's ride, State House, Boston, Mass., [between 1904 and 1920] — historic photograph
Paul Revere's ride, State House, Boston, Mass., [between 1904 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Revolutionary War collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Paul Revere's ride, State House, Boston, Mass. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Paul Revere's ride, State House, Boston, Mass.

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Here the subject is Paul Revere himself, shown in a photographic reproduction of a mural by Robert Reid in the Massachusetts State House in Boston. The scene draws on the night of April 18, 1775, when Revere rode out to warn colonial militia that British troops were marching toward Lexington and Concord, a journey later fixed in the public mind by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem. The mural belongs to the State House's early twentieth-century decoration, when patriotic murals were installed to celebrate Massachusetts's role in the Revolution. Photographs like this one carried such paintings beyond the building, making them a useful record of how the legend was shown to the public.

Created / published[between 1904 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAsst. E. Trumbull". No. 028010. Exhibited: "Revere's Ride and Longfellow's Legend" at the Brandywine River Museum
NotesReproduction of mural, signed Robert Reid
SubjectsRevere, Paul,--1735-1818--Journeys--Massachusetts--Boston. Capitols--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910. Murals--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,033 × 2,453 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif05480_PaulReveresrideStateHouseBosto

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