Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Revolution!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
26 documented works
Charles-Gabriel Sauvage, called Lemire pere
Figure of Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin
1780–85
Porcelain
12 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 6 in. (32.4 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm)
View at museumAnonymous, British, 18th century
Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduced
after 1767
Engraving
plate: 2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in. (7.5 x 11.5 cm) sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 9/16 in. (13 x 21.7 cm)
View at museumPaul Revere Jr.|Henry Pelham
The Boston Massacre
1770
Hand-colored engraving and etching
image: 10 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (26 x 23.2 cm) sheet: 11 x 9 9/16 in. (27.9 x 24.3 cm)
View at museumPhilip Dawe|R. Sayer and J. Bennett
The Alternative of Williams-Burg
February 16, 1775
Mezzotint
plate: 14 x 10 in. (35.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet: 17 1/2 x 11 5/16 in. (44.5 x 28.7 cm)
View at museumR. Sayer and J. Bennett|Philip Dawe
The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering
October 31, 1774
Mezzotint and etching
sheet: 14 x 10 1/8 in. (35.6 x 25.7 cm) plate: 15 9/16 x 10 15/16 in. (39.5 x 27.8 cm)
View at museumPhilip Dawe|R. Sayer and J. Bennett
A Society of Patriotic Ladies at Edenton in North Carolina
March 25, 1775
Mezzotint
plate: 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (35.3 x 25.3 cm) sheet: 17 3/16 x 11 3/8 in. (43.7 x 28.9 cm)
View at museumBernard Romans
An Exact View of the Late Battle at Charlestown, June 17th, 1775
ca. 1775
Etching with hand coloring
sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 5/8 in. (30.1 x 42.2 cm)
View at museumAlexander Lawson|John James Barralet|George Washington|Benjamin Davies
General Washington's Resignation
1799
Engraving and etching; second state
image: 6 x 3 11/16 in. (15.3 x 9.4 cm) sheet: 8 1/16 x 4 13/16 in. (20.5 x 12.3 cm)
View at museumPaul Revere Jr.|Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags|Thomas Church
Philip King of Mount Hope
1772
Engraving
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 3/16 in. (17.2 × 10.7 cm)
View at museumJohn Trumbull|Johann Gotthard Müller|Antonio Cesare Poggi|Joseph Warren
The Battle of Bunker's Hill (June 17, 1775)
1788–98
Engraving; second state of seven (Rümelin)
image: 19 13/16 x 29 5/8 in. (50.3 x 75.2 cm) plate: 23 3/8 x 32 5/8 in. (59.4 x 82.9 cm) sheet: 23 3/8 x 34 in. (59.4 x 86.4 cm)
View at museumBritish
Apotheosis of Franklin
ca. 1790
Cotton and linen
L. 85 1/2 x w. 31 inches (as now mounted) (217.2 x 78.7 cm) Framed: H. 75 1/2 x W. 31 inches (191.8 x 78.7 cm)
View at museumJoseph Etienne Blerzy|Louis Marie Sicardi
Snuffbox with portrait of Louis XVI (1754–1793), King of France
1779–80
Gold, enamel, diamonds; ivory, glass
1 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (3.5 x 8.3 x 6.4cm); Miniature: oval, 1 1/4 x 1 in. (32 x 25 mm)
View at museumJoseph Siffred Duplessis
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
1778
Oil on canvas
Oval, 28 1/2 x 23 in. (72.4 x 58.4 cm)
View at museumArchibald Bell|Scipio Moorhead|Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
1773
Engraving
oval sheet: 5 x 3 7/8 in. (12.7 x 9.8 cm)
View at museumAnonymous, American, 19th century
Mad Tom in a Rage
1801
Etching
plate: 11 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.3 x 20 cm) sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 5/16 in. (34.2 x 23.7 cm)
View at museumBasset|Franz Xavier Habermann
The Destruction of the Royal Statue at New York on July 9, 1776
after July 1776
Hand-colored etching and engraving
Image: 9 in. × 15 3/16 in. (22.8 × 38.5 cm) Plate: 10 13/16 × 15 13/16 in. (27.5 × 40.2 cm) Sheet: 12 in. × 17 11/16 in. (30.5 × 44.9 cm)
View at museumJohn Dixon
The Oracle
1774
Mezzotint
Sheet (trimmed to image): 20 1/16 × 23 7/16 in. (51 × 59.5 cm)
View at museumJames Sharples
John Adams
ca.1796
Pastel on gray (now oxidized) laid paper
9 1/2 x 7 7/16 in. (24.1 x 18.9 cm)
View at museumJames Sharples
Abigail Smith Adams
ca.1796
Pastel on gray (now oxidized) laid paper
9 9/16 x 7 7/16 in. (24.3 x 18.9 cm)
View at museumJohn Bush
Powder Horn of John Mahard
Dated 1756
Cowhorn, wood, iron
L. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm); greatest Diam. 2 3/4 in. (6.8 cm); Wt. 7 5/8 oz. (216 g)
View at museum