Accession Code: wu0179 Title: Ready-Aim Date completed: 1970 Medium: Prints Material: Screenprint Height (mm): 489 Width (mm): 707 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed and numbered 43/150. Location Name: Picture Store Location Description: Location Floor:

© Estate of Larry Rivers / VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021

His subject matter was inspired by popular culture, as were works by R.B. Kitaj, and Andy Warhol also in the University Collection. This screenprint is number 5 of a portfolio of 13 entitled Boston Massacre. On the 5th March 1770 in Boston town, British soldiers shot into an angry mob of men and boys who were taunting a British sentry standing guard at the city's customs house. Four were killed instantly, one died four days later and six were wounded. The presence of British troops in Boston had been a sore point for some time and this instance fuelled the rallying cry of the patriots. This series visually fragments the story of the Boston Massacre weaving other personal and historical narratives into it.

(Full details of the Boston Massacre suite can be viewed on: https://www.tate.org.uk/search?q=Boston+Massacre)