tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8520487511386729079..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: When I Paint My MassacreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-64725927128554166242017-03-11T17:59:13.397-05:002017-03-11T17:59:13.397-05:00I haven't found a key mentioned in description...I haven't found a key mentioned in descriptions of that image going back to the late 1800s, when Boston librarian Mellen Chamberlain first acquired it.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-43388512834897042802017-03-09T10:13:21.246-05:002017-03-09T10:13:21.246-05:00Thanks for the news about the BPL's new scan o...Thanks for the news about the BPL's new scan of the Revere plan, John. This is a great resource, and I had only seen low-resolution images until now.<br /><br />I see that, as part of the package, BPL has separated the original plan from the board it was mounted on, and provided a scan of the back of the original paper. For years I had read that the "key" to the numbers and letters on the front of the plan had been written (by Revere??) on the back of the paper, and that, once the paper had been mounted on the board, it was no longer possible to read the key. Now that the paper and the board have been separated, however, one can see that there is no key written on the reverse. One mystery solved, but another created.<br /><br />What happened to the original key -- if indeed, there ever was one?Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-66719966266371036072017-03-04T15:41:42.600-05:002017-03-04T15:41:42.600-05:00Really enjoyed this post! Back in the days when I ...Really enjoyed this post! Back in the days when I had my printing business in Connecticut Don Troiani was a client. Although we didn't produce his art prints, we did print the full color sell sheets he used to market them. Fascinating guy and his military collection is wonderful. He once let me hold a pair of field glasses used by Colonel Paul Joseph Revere (grandson of Paul Revere) at the Battle of Gettysburg. Colonel Revere was wounded in that battle on July 2 and died on July 4, moments after hearing the news of the Union victory. If I recall correctly Don produced a nice print a number of years ago on the Battle of Bunker Hill. His limited edition prints sell out very quickly. Would love to see him do a painting and print on Paul Revere's Ride! Ben Edwardshttp://walkingboston.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-47974553387807075712017-03-04T12:48:04.259-05:002017-03-04T12:48:04.259-05:00In other news about Boston Massacre images, the Bo...In other news about Boston Massacre images, the Boston Public Library has shared a new scan of the overhead view of King Street credited to Paul Revere. Zoom in on it <a href="http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53x374w" rel="nofollow">here</a>.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com