Evacuation of Boston / Beeler sc. – Vintage Print
![Evacuation of Boston / Beeler sc., [between 1850 and 1900(?)] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6dc201ad4496-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of Evacuation of Boston / Beeler sc. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Evacuation of Boston / Beeler sc.
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Boston Harbor crowded with ships and British troops marks this hand-colored engraving, signed by the engraver Beeler, as a scene of retreat. The British army under William Howe left the town in March 1776, after American artillery, brought from Ticonderoga by Henry Knox, appeared on Dorchester Heights and threatened the fleet. Howe sailed for Halifax with his soldiers and many Loyalist residents, and Washington's troops entered the town on March 17. The print's date is uncertain, likely from the later nineteenth century, when such patriotic scenes of the Revolution were popular.
| Created / published | [between 1850 and 1900(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Engravings Hand-colored 1850-1900. |
| Subjects | Military retreats--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Ships--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Military retreats. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,492 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126762 |
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