Paul Revere: Sons of Liberty Bowl (MFA Spotlight Series) - Softcover

Gerald W. R. Ward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878468323 ISBN 13: 9780878468324

Publisher: MFA Publications - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2016

Synopsis

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 re-tellings of his Midnight Ride to define Revere in the American imagination, in turn signifying the Revolution and the young country’s values.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Revere is a pseudonym of a writer who normally specializes in Shakespeare research and science fiction novels.

DEBORAH DEPENDAHL WATERS is Curator of Decorative Arts and Manuscripts, Museum of the City of New York, President of the New York Silver Society, and author of two previous catalogs and numerous magazine articles. KRISTAN H. McKINSEY is Director of Art and Collection, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois. GERALD W. R. WARD is
Katharine Lane Weems Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of The Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

About this edition

• Publisher: MFA Publications - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0878468323
• ISBN 13: 9780878468324
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 56