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Battle of Bunker Hill

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1850s

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100

GUSN

GUSN-199078

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Description

This battle scene is depicted in detail. The wounded are in the foreground, while fighting is going on in the middleground and the hill upon which a flag sits is in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

battles
armed conflicts
prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 84OVR

Physical Description

1 line engraving on newsprint

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.084

Image Dimensions

16 x 23 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Ballou's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)

Subjects

Revolutionary War

Restrictions

Torn in several places

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100

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