Detail showing the boston custom house on king street, next to butcher's hall. From: the bloody massacre perpetrated in king street boston on march 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th regt. A sensationalized portrayal of the skirmish, later to become known as the "boston massacre," between british soldiers and citizens of boston on march 5, 1770. On the right a group of seven uniformed soldiers, on the signal of an officer, fire into a crowd of civilians at left. Three of the latter lie bleeding on the ground. Two other casualties have been lifted by the crowd. In the foreground is a dog; in the background are a row of houses, the first church, and the town house. Behind the british troops is another row of buildings including the royal custom house, which bears the sign (perhaps a sardonic comment) "butcher's hall. " beneath the print are 18 lines of verse, which begin: "unhappy boston! see thy sons deplore, thy hallowed walks besmeared with guiltless gore. " also listed are the "unhappy sufferers" saml gray, saml maverick, james caldwell, crispus attucks, and patrick carr (killed) and it is noted that there were "six wounded; two of them (christr monk & john clark) mortally. "
1 print: engraving with watercolor, on laid paper; 25. 8 x 33. 4 cm. (plate). Date: 1770.
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