Revolutionary-Era Art and Artifacts

Paul and Rachel Revere

These portraits of Paul Revere and Rachel Walker Revere were painted by Chester Harding around 1823. Harding copied original portraits of the Reveres painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1813. These portraits belonged to descendants of Paul Revere and were given to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1973.

Paul Revere. Portrait by Chester Harding, after Gilbert Stuart.

Rachel Revere. Portrait by Chester Harding, after Gilbert Stuart.