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Trade Card for Paul Revere & Son
Thomas Clarke (American, active around 1800)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Antiquarian Society
Accession Number44.624
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThis is a modern impression, taken from the original plate in 1944 by the John H. Lowell Bank Note Company.
InscriptionsIn plate: Paul Revere and Son, / at their Bell and Cannon Foundry at the North part of / Boston / Cast Bells and Brass Cannon of all Sizes, / and all kinds of Composition Work. Manufacture Sheets, / Bolts, Spikes, Nails, &c. from Malleable Copper and / Cold Rolled. NB Cash for Old Brass & Copper/
In plate, below image: T. Clarke Sc.
On verso, in ink: Original copper plate owned by E.H.R. Revere, / Canton, Mass. He had 30 restrikes made / in 1944 by the John H. Lowell Bank Note Co., / of which he gave us 12 to give to Libraries. / Mr. Revere has never seen an original or / early Print. / C. S. Brigham
In plate, below image: T. Clarke Sc.
On verso, in ink: Original copper plate owned by E.H.R. Revere, / Canton, Mass. He had 30 restrikes made / in 1944 by the John H. Lowell Bank Note Co., / of which he gave us 12 to give to Libraries. / Mr. Revere has never seen an original or / early Print. / C. S. Brigham
ProvenanceAmerican Antiquariam Society, Worcester, MA; by whom given to MFA, 6/8/1944