Trade Card for Paul Revere & Son
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
Dimensions14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Antiquarian Society
Accession number44.624
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. BrighamProvenanceAmerican Antiquariam Society, Worcester, MA; by whom given to MFA, 6/8/1944
