View of the attack on Bunker's Hill, with the burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775 drawn by Mr. Millar ; engraved by Lodge
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Print shows four British warships landing troops and firing on Charlestown, a British battery on Copp's Hill in Boston also fires on Charlestown which is in flames, also shows the assault on "Bunker's Hill."
Illus. from: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward Barnard, esq., assisted by ... Mr. Millar.... London : Printed for the author, and pub. by A. Hogg, [1783?], p. 687.
Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner: K3790p1s 2.
Inscribed in pencil on verso: 001998.53C 2.09.2097.20.03.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 253.
Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
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