A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the ---- Stamp Act 1766 / Paul Revere, sculp. – Antique Photo Print
![A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the ---- Stamp Act 1766 / Paul Revere, sculp., [Boston : s.n., 1766, restrike printed in 1839 or later] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/62/62678579c072-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the ---- Stamp Act 1766 / Paul Revere, sculp.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the ---- Stamp Act 1766 / Paul Revere, sculp.
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Few early American prints show a public celebration as closely as this one, which records an obelisk raised beneath Boston's Liberty Tree to mark the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. The tree, a large elm where colonial protesters had gathered since the 1765 crisis, was a common meeting place for Boston's artisans and merchants, and the repeal festivities turned it into a stage for political display. Revere's engraving gives a rare visual record of how colonists marked a political victory. The Library's impression is a later restrike, printed in 1839 or afterward, so it reflects the plate's design rather than the original 1766 printing.
| Created / published | [Boston : s.n., 1766, restrike printed in 1839 or later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on laid paper : etching with watercolor ; border 23.9 x 33.4 cm. |
| Genre | PA |
| Notes | Title from item. The Library's impression is a restrike dating from 1839 or later. DLC Brigham, p. 122-125 Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1766-1. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 180. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 626. Exhibited: Revere's Ride and Longfellow's Legend" at the Brandywine River Museum |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,463 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218464 |
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