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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is a 1931 painting by the American artist Grant Wood. It depicts the American patriot Paul Revere during his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. The perspective is from a high altitude as Revere rides through a brightly lit Lexington, Massachusetts. It was inspired by the 1860 poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Wood used a child's hobby horse as model for Revere's horse.The painting is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but is not on view as of spring, 2017.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lexington, Massachusetts Paul Revere's Ride Paul Revere midnight ride on April 18, 1775 Grant Wood Metropolitan Museum of Art