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A View of the South Part of Lexington
Artist
Amos Doolittle  (1754–1832)  wikidata:Q4747853
 
Amos Doolittle
Description American engraver and caricaturist
Date of birth/death 18 May 1754 Edit this at Wikidata 30 January 1832 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cheshire New Haven
Work location
New Haven Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4747853
After Ralph Earl  (1751–1801)  wikidata:Q1350959
 
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 11 May 1751 Edit this at Wikidata 16 August 1801 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Shrewsbury (Massachusetts) Bolton (Connecticut)
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Massachusetts, Connecticut, London
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q1350959
Title
A View of the South Part of Lexington
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: "Plate IV. A view of the south part of Lexington." In: "The Doolittle engravings of the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775"

Hand colored engraving. Published 1775. Amos Doolittle (engraver) and Ralph Earl (artist).


A View of the South Part of Lexington (Plate IV) shows the regulars in action as they returned to Lexington after the engagement on Concord Bridge. It was there that they met the relief column from Boston headed by Hugh, Earl Percy. Minutemen can be seen in the foreground firing behind walls as British soldiers attempt to defend the column as it marched through the withering gauntlet. Several houses sit ablaze in the background, torched presumably to deny snipers safe perches. As in Plate II, Doolittle has added identifying numbers which are captioned below the image: "1. Colonel Smith's Brigade retreating before the Provincials. 2. Earl Piercys [sic] Brigade meeting them. 3 & 4. Earl Percey & Col. Smith. 5. Provincials. 6 & 7. The Flanck-guards of Piercys Brigade. 8. A Field-piece pointed at the Lexington Me[e]tinghouse. 9. The Burning of the Houses in Lexington."
Date 1775
date QS:P571,+1775-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium copperplate engraving, colored
Dimensions 300 x 448mm (sheet 347 x 462mm)
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 6356680
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