The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt. – Antique Photo Print
(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 image of The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.
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This engraving depicts the King Street shooting of March 5, 1770, in which soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot fired into a crowd of Bostonians and killed five men. Paul Revere, the Boston silversmith, produced the plate soon after the event, and it shows the soldiers in a neat, deliberate line, a framing that served the patriot cause. Revere's design drew on a sketch by Henry Pelham, and the print circulated widely as propaganda before the soldiers' trial, where most were acquitted.
| Created / published | Prints |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1770 |
| Notes | Paul Revere Paul Revere, Engraver |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,988 × 2,360 px · prints to 7 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 3 |
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