The skirmish between soldiers and citizens of Boston on March 5, 1770, as depicted by Paul Revere. 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."
Title above image: "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt."
Credit at bottom of image: "Engrav'd Printed & Sold by Paul Revere Boston."
The poem below the image begins with the lines: "Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore, Thy hallowed Walks besmeared with guiltless Gore."
At the bottom: "The unhappy Sufferers were Saml Gray, Saml Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, and Patrick Carr, killed. "Six wounded; two of them (Christr Monk & John Clark) Mortally."
