COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
30572
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30572
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Record number:
30572
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30572
Record number
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JCB call number:
Un775 R759e
jcb_call_no
Un775 R759e
JCB call number
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Image title:
An Exact View of The Late Battle at Charlestown June 17th, 1775.
image_title
An Exact View of The Late Battle at Charlestown June 17th, 1775.
Image title
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Creator 1:
Bernard Romans
creator1
Bernard Romans
Creator 1
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Creator 1 dates:
ca. 1720 - ca. 1784
creator1_dates
ca. 1720 - ca. 1784
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
incidit
creator1_role
incidit
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Philadelphia]
place_image_published
[Philadelphia]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Printed by Nicholas Brooks]
image_publisher
[Printed by Nicholas Brooks]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1775]
image_date
[1775]
Image date
false
Image function:
print
image_function
print
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, engraving, hand coloring
technique
etching, engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
28.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
28.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
41.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
41.1 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
33.3 cm.
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33.3 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
45.1 cm.
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45.1 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
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Description:
View of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts, in flames. At left the British and colonists battle on a field. Built environment includes dwellings, ships, and church. Also includes cannon and swords. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at top of print. On the verso is an uncolored offset image of the same engraving.
description
View of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts, in flames. At left the British and colonists battle on a field. Built environment includes dwellings, ships, and church. Also includes cannon and swords. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at top of print. On the verso is an uncolored offset image of the same engraving.
Description
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notes:
Bernard Romans engraved this eyewitness protrayal of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He also helped produce an important group of maps of the Revolutionary period. Romans, a British surveyor active in New York and Florida, joined the colonial forces during the American Revolution. Later he planned fortifications on the Hudson River, and made maps of the region around the Hudson Highlands.
notes
Bernard Romans engraved this eyewitness protrayal of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He also helped produce an important group of maps of the Revolutionary period. Romans, a British surveyor active in New York and Florida, joined the colonial forces during the American Revolution. Later he planned fortifications on the Hudson River, and made maps of the region around the Hudson Highlands.
notes
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Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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References:
McSherry Fowble, E. Two centuries of prints in America, 108; Phelps Stokes, I.N. American Historical Prints, B-91; Guthorn, P. American maps, p. 30-32; Phillips, P.L. Notes on ... Bernard Romans, p. 83-85
references_
McSherry Fowble, E. Two centuries of prints in America, 108; Phelps Stokes, I.N. American Historical Prints, B-91; Guthorn, P. American maps, p. 30-32; Phillips, P.L. Notes on ... Bernard Romans, p. 83-85
References
false
References exhibitions:
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 64, Item 171
references_exhibitions
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 64, Item 171
References exhibitions
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1985.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1985.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
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geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
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false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
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Subject headings:
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
subject_heads
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
subject_heads
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
Subject headings
false