I myself am speechless, so I'll just quote the bookseller: "The painting dates from Reed's History of the Western Ant period (roughly 1967-1971). Observing that in photos and paintings of historical events, people in crowds looked like insects, he went on to give ants their due." https://www.veatchs.com/pages/books/17118/joseph-w-after-paul-revere-reed/a-view-of-part-of-the-town-of-boston-in-new-england-and-british-ships-of-war-landing-their-troops-1768 cc @futurebird