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| Keywords: Boston Massacre high-res.jpg Assessments 1 Boston Massacre - Paul Revere The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt According to the Library of Congress http //www loc gov/pictures/collection/app/item/2008661777/ 1 A sensationalized portrayal of the skirmish later to become known as the Boston Massacre between British soldiers and citizens of Boston on March 5 1770 On the right a group of seven uniformed soldiers on the signal of an officer fire into a crowd of civilians at left Three of the latter lie bleeding on the ground Two other casualties have been lifted by the crowd In the foreground is a dog; in the background are a row of houses the First Church and the Town House Behind the British troops is another row of buildings including the Royal Custom House which bears the sign perhaps a sardonic comment Butcher's Hall Beneath the print are four sections of verse which read Unhappy BOSTON see thy Sons deplore <br /> Thy hallow'd Walks besmear'd with guiltless Gore <br /> While faithless P--n and his savage Bands <br /> With murd'rous Rancour stretch their bloody Hands;<br /> Like fierce Barbarians grinning o'er their Prey <br /> Approve the Carnage and enjoy the Day If scalding drops from Rage from Anguish Wrung<br /> If speechless Sorrows lab'ring for a Tongue <br /> Or if a weeping World can ought appease<br /> The plaintive Ghosts of Victims such as these;<br /> The Patriot's copious Tears for each are shed <br /> A glorious Tribute which embalms the Dead But know FATE summons to that awful Goal <br /> Where JUSTICE strips the Murd'rer of his Soul <br /> Should venal C--ts the scandal of the Land <br /> Snatch the relentless Villain from her Hand <br /> Keen Execrations on this Plate inscrib'd <br /> Shall reach a JUDGE who never can be brib'd The unhappy Sufferers were Mess s SAM L GRAY SAM L MAVERICK JAM S CALDWELL CRISPUS ATTUCKS PAT K CARR<br /> Killed Six wounded; two of them CHRIST R MONK JOHN CLARK Mortally<br /> Published in 1770 by Paul Revere<br /> Boston 1 print engraving with watercolor on laid paper ; 25 8 x 33 4 cm plate http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/ppmsc 00174 1770 Engrav'd Printed Sold by Paul Revere Boston The print was copied by Revere from a design by Henry Pelham for an engraving eventually published under the title The Fruits of Arbitrary Power or the Bloody Massacre of which only two impressions could be located by Brigham Revere's print appeared on or about March 28 1770 PD-US PD-old-100 <gallery> File The bloody massacre by Paul Revere jpg lower resolution jpg File The Bloody Massacre jpg lower resolution jpg File Boston Massacre jpg lower resolution jpg File Boston Massacre LOC jpg uncoloured version jpg File Boston Massacre by Paul Revere 01657u original jpg File 1770 BostonMassacre byRevere detail CustomHouse png detail png </gallery> Boston Massacre in art Wounded people in art Engravings by Paul Revere Henry Pelham engraver First Church in Boston Washington Street | ||||
