Important Americana
Important Americana
Property of Various Owners
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 400,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
PAUL REVERE
1735 - 1818
BROADSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE BLOODY MASSACRE (BRIGHAM PLATE 16)
Hand-colored engraving, 1770, the second and final state, printed from the original plate and published by Edes & Gill, Boston, late March, 1770, on laid paper, framed
This is one of only two known impressions of the broadside. The other example, which is the complete sheet, is in the collection of the New York Historical Society.
image: 226 by 232 mm 8⅞ by 9⅛ in
sheet: 241 by 233 mm 9½ by 9⅛ in