File:Folk art representation of the Battle of Bunker Hill.jpg
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[edit]The Battle of Bunker Hill
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Unknown author American School, 19th Century |
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The Battle of Bunker Hill |
| Object type | painting |
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English: Folk art representation of the Battle of Bunker Hill as seen from Boston across the Charles River at Hudson Point. Charlestown's fortifications are clearly marked with red and blue banners on Bunker Hill, Breed's Hill, and Fort Castle William. The position of these hills was critical to a military occupation of Boston as they would provide the controlling army with a view of Boston and its harbor. On June 17, 1775, under heavy bombardment by the British, Charlestown caught fire and is represented here engulfed in clouds of gray smoke. The white rail fences which enclose the town, and which are so prominently depicted, were decisive in the Patriots' victory. The Colonial militia erected this series of fences to thwart the advance of the British troops.
The arrangement of these ships was probably derived from a contemporary print, possibly the early views of Boston published by Carrington Bowles. Stylistically, the painting relates to an oil painting entitled Attack on Bunker's Hill with the Burning of Charlestown June 17, 1775, at the National Gallery of Art. |
| Depicted place | Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Date | 19th century |
| Medium | watercolor, pen and ink on paper |
| Source/Photographer | https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/americana-n09300/lot.842.html |
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| current | 14:20, 16 November 2021 | | 2,880 × 2,188 (1.12 MB) | Broichmore (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |artist = {{unknown|author}} American School, 19th Century |author = |title = The Battle of Bunker Hill |object type = painting |description ={{en|1= Folk art representation of the Battle of Bunker Hill as seen from Boston across the Charles River at Hudson Point. Charlestown's fortifications are clearly marked with red and blue banners on Bunker Hill, Breed's Hill, and Fort Castle William. The position of these hills was critica... |
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