Thank you @HC_Richardson and @jbf1755 for another excellent episode of “Now and Then.” Here is the engraving by Paul Revere of “The Boston Massacre,” from 1770 which helped stir up even more anti-British sentiments in Boston and other colonies. (Image credit: @metmuseum)
Here is the print from the @metmuseum Use this link to zoom in on the image. NB Revere added the name “Butchers Hall” on the Custom House façade; the shooting took place in front of that building. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/365208
Excellent article from @bostonathenaeum that addresses Henry Pelham, the artist who made the original image that Revere used for his engraving.
https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/about/publications/selections-acquired-tastes/bloody-massacre
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