Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
Revolution 250 Podcast
Prince Demah, Benjamin Lincoln and the Hingham Historical Society
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Paula Bagger
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Season 3
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Episode 28
Prince Demah was an African-American artist or "limner," who created three known portraits--one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the other two in the HIngham Historical Society. These portraits, of Henry Barnes and his wife Christian Barnes, were damaged by a mob who attacked their home in Marlborough, before driving the loyalist Barnes's into exile. Mrs. Barnes thought that Prince Demah's portrait of her was a better likeness than the one done by John Singleton Copley. . We talk about Prince Demah, the Barneses, and about the Benjamin Lincoln House--eleven generations of Lincolns lived in the house from the 1680s to 2020 (General Lincoln was the fourth generation). All this and more in Hingham!