The famous engraving produced and published by Paul Revere two weeks after the Boston Massacre is a woodcut print depicting the event. It shows a crowd of colonists gathered around British soldiers who have just fired into the crowd, killing five people. The engraving is captioned with the words "The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt." The engraving was widely circulated and was used to rally support for the American Revolution. It is considered one of the most iconic images of the American Revolution.
