The American Revolution Images

George Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851 painting by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.

Patrick Henry in the House of Burgesses. Engraving from painting by PH. Rothermel.

Paul Revere's effective propaganda; his 1770 engraving entitled "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston, on Mar. 5, 1770."

Benjamin Franklin at the Court of St. James. Engraving from painting by C. Schussele.

The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor. Lithograph by Sarony and Major, 1846.

Battle of Lexington. Drawing from engraving by Amos Doolittle, a Connecticut militiaman.

Paul Revere's ride.

Battle of Bunker Hill. Engraving from painting by John Trumbull.

Reading the Declaration of Independence from the east balcony of the State House in Boston. 1776.