[The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17th 1775] / [painted by J. Trumbull ; on stone by A. Hoffy]
Summary
Print shows British and American soldiers in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Bunker Hill; among the soldiers depicted are Major General Joseph Warren, Captain Thomas Gardner, Major Andrew McClary, Colonel William Prescott, Lieutenant Thomas Grovesnor with his African American slave, Colonel Israel Putnam, Rev. Samuel McClintock, Peter Salem, Major Willard Moore, and Lieutenant Colonel Moses Parker. Among the British soldiers are Major John Small, Major John Pitcairn, Lieutenant William Pitcairn, Generals William Howe and Henry Clinton, also Lieutenant Francis Lord Rawdon, and Lieutenant Colonel James Abercrombie.
After painting by John Trumbull of the same title, now in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery.
Mounted on paper from "Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Philadelphia".
Stamped on verso: "Gift Louise McDanell Browne in memory of her husband C.A. Browne, April 27, 1948. The Library of Congress".
Inscribed in pencil on verso: "Battle of Bunker Hill, Military Magazine".
Inscribed in ink on verso: "C.A. Browne".
Gift; Louise McDanell Browne, in memory of her husband C.A. Browne; 1948 April 27.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Published in: The United States Military Magazine. Philadelphia : Huddy and Duval, 1840.
Exhibited: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 : A Long Struggle for Freedom" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 2014 - June 2015.
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