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/8f/8fc6f815ec63-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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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. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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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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Beneath the branches of Liberty Tree, the great elm on Essex Street where Bostonians had gathered to protest British taxes, stands the obelisk this print depicts. It marks the celebrations of 1766, when news of the Stamp Act's repeal reached the colony. Paul Revere's engraving records a public victory that Bostonians saw as proof that sustained colonial protest could force Parliament to back down. The Library's impression is a restrike made in 1839 or later, so it reflects how the design was remembered and reproduced long after the original event.
| 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 | 1,536 × 1,145 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114538 |
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