Object Number 1965.0023

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The Battle of Lexington, April 19,,\th 1775. Plate I

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Amos Doolittle (Etcher)
05/18/1754-01/30/1832
References: Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957). Doolittle is perhaps less remembered for his cartographic works - he produced many of the early best maps of New England, most notably for Mathew Carey in Philadelphia.

Place of Origin

New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1775-1785

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; A. Doolittle Sculp,,\t

Subjects

Military; Historical

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

13.7 (H) , 19 (W) , 11.7 (Image H) , 17.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.7 (H) , 48.2 (W) , 11.7 (Image H) , 17.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark. Plate W (at bottom): 18.6 in. (47.3 cm). Chain interval: 2.7 cm; laid line frequency: 7-8 per cm. Frame H: 16.5 in. (41.8 cm). Frame W: 21.4 in. (54.4 cm). Frame D: 0.8 in. (2.0 cm). H at left. W at bottom. D at bottom left. 2.0

Place of Publication

New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 49, pp.134-5.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 304, pp. 432-3.
[Article] Quimby, Ian M. G. "The Doolittle Engravings of the Battle of Lexington and Concord,". Winterthur Portfolio. 4: 83-108.
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[Book] Stokes, I. N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel Carl. 1932 American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
• Print listed as 1775-C-2.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 526, p. 91.