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

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 Boston 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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This historic photograph of Paul Revere's ride, State House, Boston, Mass. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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

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This print reproduces a mural in the Massachusetts State House in Boston that shows Paul Revere setting out on his night ride. Revere's midnight warning in April 1775, that British troops were marching toward Lexington and Concord, became widely known through Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, and by the early 1900s it was a familiar part of Boston's civic memory. The mural was painted by Robert Reid, an American artist known for decorative work in public buildings, and the State House's interior decoration of that era reflected a wider effort to tie public architecture to national origin stories. The record notes that the print was later shown in an exhibition on Revere's ride and Longfellow's legend.

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 scan1,536 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171979

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