1248906 Portrait of Paul Revere, c.1823 (oil on canvas) by Harding, Chester (1792-1866); 69.5x56 cm; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, USA; (add.info.: After a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 ??May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for alerting the Colonial militia to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\'s poem, "Paul Revere\'s Ride".); 穢 Massachusetts Historical Society .