View of the Battleground at Concord, Massachusetts
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865). View of the Battleground at Concord, Massachusetts, ca. 1845. Color lithograph on wove paper, Sheet: 16 7/8 x 21 in. (42.9 x 53.3 cm) Image: 12 15/16 x 19 9/16 in. (32.9 x 49.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 47.6.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
View of the Battleground at Concord, Massachusetts
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Color lithograph on wove paper
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Dimensions
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 21 in. (42.9 x 53.3 cm) Image: 12 15/16 x 19 9/16 in. (32.9 x 49.7 cm)
Inscriptions
Engraved below image: at left, "F. H. Lane del." and at right, "Thayer's Lithography, Boston." Engraved in lower center of sheet: "VIEW OF THE BATTLE GROUND AT CONCORD, MASS. / 'Here, on the 19th of April, 1775, was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression. On the / opposite bank stood the American Militia. Here stood the invading army, and on this spot the / first of the enemy fell in the war of the Revolution, which gave peace to these United States. / In gratitude to GOD, and in the love of Freedom, this monument was erected. A. D. 1836.' / (Inscription on the Monument)"
Credit Line
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Accession Number
47.6.2
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