Artwork
Paul Revere's copper plate engraving depicting one interpretation of the Boston Massacre of 1770. Notably, the colonists portrayed are all unarmed, well-dressed gentlemen. The British soldiers, with angry expressions on their faces, are firing unprovoked into a large crowd. Their commanding officer is ordering them to fire in a group, ensuring maximum casualties among the colonists. A sign reading "Butcher's Hall" hangs above the soldiers, labeling them butchers in Revere's account.
Almost a week after the Boston Massacre occurred, Paul Revere created this woodcut of the Boston Massacre. The image is influenced heavily by the version of events Revere hoped to portray, leaving out the colonists’ violent protest that preceded the Massacre.
