American Revolution

Daniel Chester French in his studio, New York, c. 1889, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Daniel Chester French: The Lincoln Memorial's Sculptor
The Berkshires, a lush region of mountains, rolling green hills, and picturesque farmland in western Massachusetts, has long attracted artists looking to escape the summer heat and the frenetic year-…
Paul Revere, Boston Massacre, 1770. Engraving, hand-colored. Courtesy Collection of the Boston Athanaeum.
Reframed: Paul Revere's “Boston Massacre”
In the special collection of brittle works on paper at the Boston Athenaeum lies Paul Revere’s 1770 hand-colored engraving, The Bloody Massacre.
Detail of dunlap broadside. Only slightly yellowed. The title and first few paragraphs are visible in this cropped view of the top half of the document.
Rally to Sell Shares of Rare Declaration of Independence
Rally will offer 80,000 shares of a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence to the general public this month. Each share will be worth twenty-five dollars, making the initial offering two…