Updated on April 8: This has been sold.
Original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for an illustration in Volume 3 of The Golden Book History of the United States (pp. 198 - 199). "Floating" in a solid wood frame made by hand for this specific painting.
We'll include the Golden Book volume with your painting, too.
A few years ago when I was reading Revere's various accounts of what happened, I was surprised to read what sounds like something very contemporary, which is at the end of this colorful passage:
". . . in an instant I saw four of them, who rode up to me, with their pistols in their hands, said G-d d-n you stop. If you go an Inch further, you are a dead Man . . . we attempted to git thro them, but they kept before us, and swore if we did not turn in to that pasture, they would blow our brains out . . ."
The role of the signals conveyed by the lanterns is sometimes misunderstood. Here's the explanation from the Paul Revere Museum:
"Revere contacted an unidentified friend (probably Robert Newman, the sexton of Christ Church in Boston’s North End) and instructed him to hold two lit lanterns in the tower of Christ Church (now called the Old North Church) as a signal to fellow Sons of Liberty across the Charles River in case Revere was unable to leave town.
"The two lanterns were a predetermined signal stating that the British troops planned to row 'by sea' across the Charles River to Cambridge, rather than march 'by land' out Boston Neck."
You can read their longer explanation here.
You may also be interested in the beautiful and extraordinarily accurate reproduction of the lantern that we have.
— Lee Wright | Founder
Size of frame: 12.25" x 13.25"
Size of painting: 10" x 11.5"
Only one.
Shipping: $25. Will be shipped UPS with a signature required.