Remarkably most of the story's characters had their portraits painted, helping us
picture them as events unfold. It's easy to forget that
for most of history no images of people or events were preserved unless a skilled artist
took the time to capture them. Dr. Prescott left no portrait, so we can only imagine his
face alongside Revere and Dawes.
Many of these images appear on dozens of webpages, usually without attribution.
Out of respect for the artists I've tried to locate the originals and reference them below;
click on an image for the most authoritative page I could find for it.

General Thomas Gage, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1769, Yale University Art Gallery

Margaret Kemble Gage, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1771, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego CA

The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor, Nathaniel Currier, 1846, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield MA

The Gordon Riots, 1780, oil on canvas, John Seymour Lucas, 1879, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

The Middle Dutch Church on Nassau, Liberty, and Cedar Streets, from Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Volume II, Benson J. Lossing, 1850

State Street and the Old State House, Massachusetts Historical Society

British Troops Entering Boston to Enforce Taxation and Other Colonial Legislation, giclée print

Green Dragon Tavern, Union Street, engraver: Russell, 1898 (approximate)

Paul Revere, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1768, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Dr Joseph Warren, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1765, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Landing of Troops From New England on the Island of Cape Breton to Attack Louisbourg, F Stephen, 1747

John Hancock, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1765, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Samuel Adams, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1772, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

William Dawes, oil on canvas, John Johnston, circa 1785-95

Boston and Its Environs, circa 1800, from Marshall's Life of Washington

Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1789

British Officer Harassed by Colonial Boys in Boston Before the Revolutionary War, giclée print

Battleship "St. Andrew", Eugene Voishvillo

Two Lanterns in the Belfry of the Old North Church, artist unknown

A Saddled Dark Bay Horse next to an Urn in a Garden, oil on panel, George Goodwin Kilburne, 1895, National Trust

One If By Land, David Dibble, 2012

Illustration by Greg Harlin from Paul Revere's Midnight Ride by Stephen Krensky, 2002

Paul Revere, J. Wenninger c. 1879 Illustration for The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Boston: Houghton, Osgood, and Co., 1879)

Colonial House with Center Chimney Illustration
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Mission House, Stockbridge, Massachusetts

The "Small House" at Old Sturbridge Village, MA, taken by Dale E. Martin on May 26, 2008

The Fairbanks House in Dedham, MA is thought to be the oldest standing timber frame building in North America, 1640

Arnold House is a rare surviving example of a stone-ender, a once-common building type featuring a massive chimney end wall. Built by Eleazer Arnold in 1693

Hancock-Clarke House, Lexington MA

Mrs. Thomas Hancock (nee Lydia Henchman), oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1766, Schwartz Gallery, Philadelphia

Dorothy Quincy (Mrs. John Hancock), oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1772

Buckman Tavern, Lexington Massachusetts, April 2010

North Bridge, Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord MA

Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1765, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY

Portrait of a Woman, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley

Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, 10th Regiment of Foot, oil on canvas, Francis Cotes, 1764, National Army Museum

Henry Pelham, John Singleton Copley, c.1760

There are no known pictures of Dr. Samuel Prescott; this is an illustration from the Horseback Riding section of the
1765 Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot

Infiltrating Southgate, Assassin's Creed video game

Lexington Common, Don Troiani c. 1985

Battle Road, Lexington MA

Landscape scene of Chandler Farm, Pomfret, Connecticut

Landing of the Troops, engraved printed & sold by Paul Revere, Boston

The Middlesex Alarm, map from Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer, 1994, p.146

The Battle of Lexington, 19th April 1775, 1910 (oil on canvas), William Barnes Wollen, National Army Museum, London

A South-East View of the City of Boston in North America, hand-coloured engraving, J. Carwitham, Yale Center for British Art

18th century engraving of Shipping Scene in Salem, Massachusetts by Balthasar Leizelt.

Prospect of Boston toward the docks at the Harbor, Augsburg: Habermann, 1770s

Raising the liberty pole, 1776, painted by F.A. Chapman, engraved by John C. McRae