Printing the American Revolution

February 21 - August 22

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, explore how print culture was crucial to the American Revolution. Prints, books, and newspapers shaped colonists' reactions to British rule, informed Americans of major developments during the war, and commemorated beloved leaders after the United States gained its independence. Read about these important works thanks to students' research in Dr. Draper's Revolutionary America class.

 

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Images

Edward Savage, Washington Family, 1798, engraving; Museum purchase, 1981.

Paul Revere, Bloody Massacre Perpetuated in King Street, Boston on March 5, 1770, 1770, Engraving; Gift of Minnie Rhea Wood, 1979.