Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: An Exact View of The Late Battle at Charlestown June 17th, 1775.
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Accession number:
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30572
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Record number:
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30572
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JCB call number:
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Un775 R759e
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Image title:
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An Exact View of The Late Battle at Charlestown June 17th, 1775.
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Creator 1:
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Bernard Romans
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Creator 1 dates:
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ca. 1720 - ca. 1784
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Creator 1 role:
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incidit
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Place image published:
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[Philadelphia]
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Image publisher:
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[Printed by Nicholas Brooks]
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Image date:
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[1775]
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Image function:
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print
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Technique:
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etching, engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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28.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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41.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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33.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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45.1 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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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.
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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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
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References exhibitions:
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Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 64, Item 171
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1985.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
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Subject headings:
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
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