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View of the Battleground at Concord, Mass.
about 1840
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 32.5 x 50.0 cm (12 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 42.9 x 55.7 cm (16 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 42.9 x 55.7 cm (16 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.94
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 490
InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: F H Lane, del.
In stone, at lower right: Thayer's Lithography Boston
In stone, below image: View of the Battleground 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)"
In stone, at lower right: Thayer's Lithography Boston
In stone, below image: View of the Battleground 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)"
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1962, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1962)