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The Battle at Bunkers Hill, 1775.
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Title
The
Battle
at
Bunkers
Hill
,
1775
.
Creator
Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885.
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.
Place
Bunker Hill (Mass.)
Lebanon (Conn.)
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Topic
Battles
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775
Soldiers
African American men
Topic-Person
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790
Salem, Peter, 1750?-1816
Theme
Infrastructure
Description
Battle
scene
with
men
in
uniform
,
some
with
swords
or
muskets
.
Some
lie
wounded
.
Men
with
flags
are in the
background.An
African-American
soldier
is
at the
far
right
.
Inscribed
in
plate
beneath
image
: "
Engd
on
steel
by
George
E
.
Perine
-
For the
Eclectic
-
from a
Painting
by
Col
.
Trumbell
[sic].
"
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
The
African-American
soldier
is
Peter
Salem
(1750?-1816)
,
who
was
granted
his
freedom
in
exchange
for
enlisting
in the
Continental
Army
. At the
Battle
of
Bunker
Hill
, he
shot
British
Major
John
Pitcairn
,
thus
facilitating
the
American
retreat
.
John
Trumbull
of
Lebanon
,
Connecticut
served
as
aide
to
George
Washington
during
the
Revolutionary
War
,
achieving
the
rank
of
Colonel
. His
painting
of The
Battle
of
Bunker
Hill
is
part
of a
series
of
history
paintings
portraying
key
moments
during
the
struggle
for
independence
.
General
Israel
Putnam
of
Pomfret
,
Connecticut
was the
leader
of the
American
troops
. He
may
appear
at the
far
left
in the
engraving
.
Date created
[between
1870
and
1889]
Physical format
1
print
;
22
x
27
cm
.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
X.1998.136.0
File
name
0538
img0082.pcd
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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