tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8848514192696117962..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: This Article on Samuel Adams Will Change Your Life Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-79284464032312059642014-02-05T16:07:29.317-05:002014-02-05T16:07:29.317-05:00Thanks, Ed. I analyzed the imagery of that Adams e...Thanks, Ed. I analyzed the imagery of that Adams engraving <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2012/05/paul-reveres-iconography.html" rel="nofollow">back here</a>, but didn't know the source. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-32286569867894175612014-02-05T15:27:24.530-05:002014-02-05T15:27:24.530-05:00As usual with Revere, there always is a source for...As usual with Revere, there always is a source for his engravings and print. Although Revere used Copley's portrait of Samuel Adams in the oval, he used an English engraving of Richard, Earl of Temple, William Pitt's brother-in-law that appeared in two books published in the 1760's for the format of the engraving, replacing the Earl with Adams. The figure of Liberty to the left of the Earl was modified by Revere to be standing on a book with the words "Laws to enslave America." Revere replaced the male armored soldier in Earl Temple's portrait with Minerva, the Roman goddess of War and Wisdom. The reference to the 29th regiment is rather obvious.<br /> Revere could perhaps be called the first American Champion of recycling.EJWiteknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-63481994142483077372014-02-05T14:01:34.350-05:002014-02-05T14:01:34.350-05:00Read the JAR piece, and dang, it did change my lif...Read the JAR piece, and dang, it did change my life. I'll still drink Sam Adams, but I'll never look at his face on the bottle in the same way again.G Lovelynoreply@blogger.com