Plate II. A View of the Town of Concord
PrintmakerEtched by
Amos Doolittle
American, 1754 - 1832
After a work byAfter a work by
Ralph Earl
American, 1751 - 1801
Date1775
MediumEngraving; printer's ink and watercolor on laid paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/2 x 17 3/4in. (29.2 x 45.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John C. Parsons
DescriptionTwo soldiers wearing British military uniforms stand in a cemetery on a hill. One man holds a spyglass or telescope to his eye. Below, British troops march in formation along a road behind a stone wall. Additional troops are on other roads in the village. Frame houses, fields, and trees are in the background.
Object number1844.10.2
InscribedOn recto, inscribed in plate, lower margin, "1. Company of the Regulars marching into Concord. / 2. Companies of Regulars drawn up in order. / 3. A Detachment destroying the Provincials Stores. / 4. Colonel Smith and Major Pitcairn viewing the Provincials / who were mustering on an East Hill in Concord. / 6. The Townhouse. 7. The Meetinghouse."NotesHistorical note: Amos Doolittle and Ralph Earl purportedly visited the battlefields and Lexington and Concord shortly after the events of April 15, 1775. Doolittle's four plates accurately depict the sites and of the battles and reflect the accounts of eyewitnesses interviewed by the two artists. Together with Paul Revere's print of the Boston Massacre, they are the most important early American prints depicting contemporary events. Such prints were extremely uncommon in the eighteenth century.Dimensions Note: Print is matted, framed and glazed. Platemark and the edges of the sheet are not visible. Image size was estimated through glass and may not be precise. Print should be remeasured when removed from frame.
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