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Paul Revere Portrait Analysis

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he story behind the portrait of Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley is a good one. John Singleton Copley and Paul Revere were good friends, they met in 1763 when John Copley ordered a gold bracelet from Paul Revere. John also order cases and frames between 1763 and 1767. He painted his portrait in 1768 seven years before Paul took his “midnight ride” and five years before he partook in the Boston Tea Party. It’s a oil on canvas painting, its 89.22 x 72.39 cm large, you can see it at the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch Gallery. Some wonder why Paul is holding a silver teapot in the portrait, many do not realized that he was a wonderful silversmith he was talented in three dimensional hollowware and rococo style, he had made a nine teapots between
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