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A Versatile Stefan
this
Revere’s
Patriot
fame
versatile
patriot
biography
Paul
that
Revere
The younger plished
not
mentioned
born
to
Longfellow’s
many
famous
silversmiths,
work.
Revere,
who
working
in i 735,
changed
in his father’s
at an early
age.
By
the
of American
son
his name shop,
1 764,
of Apollos
to Paul
became
he had
Hancock
of the
and
American
served
Revolution
as Samuel
an accom-
as a messenger
between
Adams
leaders
continue
to copy
the
graceful
lines
of his
In i800,
he built
the
first
mill for
rolling
sheet
copper
in
the United States, and this company continues to operate as the Revere Copper Company. He was a prosperous merchant at the time
inter-
ofhis
ested in copper engravings and produced a series of political caricatures attacking British rule over the colonies. Revere became a member of the Sons of Liberty and participated in the Boston Tea Party in December 1773. As the leader of Boston craftsmen, Revere became friendly with leaders
craftsmen
He also
Constitution.
Revere.
become
and
established an iron foundry to make cannons and church bells, many of which are still used throughout New England, and was responsible for all the brass and copper work on the frigate
accomplishments,
in any dictionary
in Boston
Huguenot
silversmith
due
Revere’s
date.
was
a French
is largely
Despite
was
before
Rivoire,
today
in 1863.
published
such
Art
C. Schatzki1
Paul
poem
in American
and
John
in Boston
and
death
in 1818.
Although famous
Paul midnight
the period to the alist, United
Revere’s ride,
that spans
early Revere
i9th was
name
he was
is now
the years from
century. a most
chiefly
an important
Patriot,
before
silversmith,
fascinating
part
and
associated
with
successful
figure
the American engraver, of the
early
his in
Revolution and history
industriof the
States.
the other colonies. On April i9, 1 775, Revere, together with William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott, rode to Lexington and Concord to warn that the English were coming from Boston to attack the patriots. Revere and Dawes were captured after leaving Lexington, and only Prescott got through to Concord. Revere subsequently escaped and served as a lieutenant colonel during the Revolution. Paul Revere maintained his interest in engraving and produced a number
of important
paper currency Massachusetts,
documents,
including
the
first
Massachusetts
and treasury notes and the seal of the state of which is still used today. His most famous engraving
depicted the Boston In 1 780, Dr. John
Massacre Warren
of 1770. began to give
a series
of lectures
on
anatomy at the American Hospital in Boston. Revere produced the engraved certificate of attendance. Only two certificates have survived to today. The one shown here is dated i785, after the establishment
of
scratched John
Harvard out,
Warren
lishment
Medical
and was
School.
“University one
of the
revolution
at Harvard
important
been
that
led
forces
until
part
the
School
present.
i 0 members
lists
important
Medical
Hospital” has
has
been
substituted. to the
estab-
in 1782, where he served as the first professor of anatomy and surgery. Warren was a member of a family that has played a pivotal role in the development of medicine in Boston and of Harvard Medical School from the days of the
of Harvard
“American
at Cambridge”
of Harvard
in Cambridge
The
definitive
of the Warren medicine.
The
history
family
early
of medicine
who have been an
members
of the family
played prominent roles in Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary America and were the subjects of paintings by most of America’s most prominent early painters, including Copley, Stuart, Thrumbull, West,
and
Peale.
The
death
of Dr.
Joseph
Warren
at Bunker
Hill
is
the subject of a famous painting by John Thrumbull. The certificate shown here illustrates Revere’s ability in engraving and contains the first
American After
Today,
the
depiction war,
Revere
he is considered
‘Department AJR 157:280,
of Radiology, August
of an anatomic returned
dissection. to
his
one of the most
Mount
Auburn
1991 0361 -803X/91/1
career
as
important
Hospital, 572-0280
Paul Revere (1735-1828). Certificate for Attendance at Anatomical Lectures, 1785. Engraving, 7.5 x 6 in. (19 x 15.3 cm). Courtesy of American Antiquarian society, Worcester, MA.
a silversmith.
early
330 Mount © American
American
Auburn
St.
Roentgen
,
Cambridge, Ray Society
MA 02238.
Address
reprint
requests
to S. C. Schatzki.
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A Versatile Stefan
this
Revere’s
Patriot
fame
versatile
patriot
biography
Paul
that
Revere
The younger plished
not
mentioned
born
to
Longfellow’s
many
famous
silversmiths,
work.
Revere,
who
working
in i 735,
changed
in his father’s
at an early
age.
By
the
of American
son
his name shop,
1 764,
of Apollos
to Paul
became
he had
Hancock
of the
and
American
served
Revolution
as Samuel
an accom-
as a messenger
between
Adams
leaders
continue
to copy
the
graceful
lines
of his
In i800,
he built
the
first
mill for
rolling
sheet
copper
in
the United States, and this company continues to operate as the Revere Copper Company. He was a prosperous merchant at the time
inter-
ofhis
ested in copper engravings and produced a series of political caricatures attacking British rule over the colonies. Revere became a member of the Sons of Liberty and participated in the Boston Tea Party in December 1773. As the leader of Boston craftsmen, Revere became friendly with leaders
craftsmen
He also
Constitution.
Revere.
become
and
established an iron foundry to make cannons and church bells, many of which are still used throughout New England, and was responsible for all the brass and copper work on the frigate
accomplishments,
in any dictionary
in Boston
Huguenot
silversmith
due
Revere’s
date.
was
a French
is largely
Despite
was
before
Rivoire,
today
in 1863.
published
such
Art
C. Schatzki1
Paul
poem
in American
and
John
in Boston
and
death
in 1818.
Although famous
Paul midnight
the period to the alist, United
Revere’s ride,
that spans
early Revere
i9th was
name
he was
is now
the years from
century. a most
chiefly
an important
Patriot,
before
silversmith,
fascinating
part
and
associated
with
successful
figure
the American engraver, of the
early
his in
Revolution and history
industriof the
States.
the other colonies. On April i9, 1 775, Revere, together with William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott, rode to Lexington and Concord to warn that the English were coming from Boston to attack the patriots. Revere and Dawes were captured after leaving Lexington, and only Prescott got through to Concord. Revere subsequently escaped and served as a lieutenant colonel during the Revolution. Paul Revere maintained his interest in engraving and produced a number
of important
paper currency Massachusetts,
documents,
including
the
first
Massachusetts
and treasury notes and the seal of the state of which is still used today. His most famous engraving
depicted the Boston In 1 780, Dr. John
Massacre Warren
of 1770. began to give
a series
of lectures
on
anatomy at the American Hospital in Boston. Revere produced the engraved certificate of attendance. Only two certificates have survived to today. The one shown here is dated i785, after the establishment
of
scratched John
Harvard out,
Warren
lishment
Medical
and was
School.
“University one
of the
revolution
at Harvard
important
been
that
led
forces
until
part
the
School
present.
i 0 members
lists
important
Medical
Hospital” has
has
been
substituted. to the
estab-
in 1782, where he served as the first professor of anatomy and surgery. Warren was a member of a family that has played a pivotal role in the development of medicine in Boston and of Harvard Medical School from the days of the
of Harvard
“American
at Cambridge”
of Harvard
in Cambridge
The
definitive
of the Warren medicine.
The
history
family
early
of medicine
who have been an
members
of the family
played prominent roles in Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary America and were the subjects of paintings by most of America’s most prominent early painters, including Copley, Stuart, Thrumbull, West,
and
Peale.
The
death
of Dr.
Joseph
Warren
at Bunker
Hill
is
the subject of a famous painting by John Thrumbull. The certificate shown here illustrates Revere’s ability in engraving and contains the first
American After
Today,
the
depiction war,
Revere
he is considered
‘Department AJR 157:280,
of Radiology, August
of an anatomic returned
dissection. to
his
one of the most
Mount
Auburn
1991 0361 -803X/91/1
career
as
important
Hospital, 572-0280
Paul Revere (1735-1828). Certificate for Attendance at Anatomical Lectures, 1785. Engraving, 7.5 x 6 in. (19 x 15.3 cm). Courtesy of American Antiquarian society, Worcester, MA.
a silversmith.
early
330 Mount © American
American
Auburn
St.
Roentgen
,
Cambridge, Ray Society
MA 02238.
Address
reprint
requests
to S. C. Schatzki.
