Paul Revere - Sons of Liberty Bowl

Gerald W. R. Ward is Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

About the author

Gerald W. R. Ward is Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Summary

American patriot Paul Revere is wrapped in the swirling mixture of myth and poetry through which history often descends, but as a craftsman and artist, he left behind more tangible traces as well. In this volume, esteemed art historian Gerald W.R. Ward tells the true story of Revere’s most iconic creation, the Sons of Liberty bowl, bravely made and marked by the rebel and silversmith on the threshold of the Revolutionary War. John Singleton Copley’s portrait of Revere, created the same year, 1768, helps introduce the man he was and the legend he became. The painting and the silver bowl are both popularly reproduced and have joined retellings of his Midnight Ride to define Revere in the American imagination, in turn signifying the Revolution and the young country’s values.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Revere, Gerald W. R. Ward, Gerald W.R. Ward
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Distributed Titles
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780878468324
• ISBN: 978-0-87846-832-4
• Series: MFA Highlights; MFA Highlights; MFA Spotlight Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, DESIGN / Jewelry, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Individual artists, art monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800