Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the Stamp Act.
Call Number
A Middle 31/Drawer 09/GC024/Half Folio/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00310
Identifier
ark:/88435/dckk91g0036
Publisher
1943 (restrike) ; 1766 (original plate).
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1943
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35.8 x 48 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings
Dedication in plate, lower margin: "To Every Lover of Liberty, this is humbly dedicated, by her true born sons, in Boston, New England".
Inscribed in pencil, lower margin: "The original plate in the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, the verso also reprinted by Bishop // Proof presented to collection of E.A. Princeton. December 1948. // Printed by Richard Bishop // 1943".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Paul Revere sculp.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765)—In art
United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Monuments—In art
Landscapes—Massachusetts—Boston—1766
Monuments—Massachusetts—Boston—In art
Landscapes—United States—1766
Landscapes—New England—1766
Landscapes—Northeastern States—1766

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a1c525c8-7b0c-4bc2-ad4c-709830afc16b/manifest