Lord Howe evacuating Boston [March 1776] – Antique Print
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(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 rare antique engraving captures Lord Howe evacuating Boston [March 1776] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Lord Howe evacuating Boston [March 1776]
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The title names Lord Howe, but the army commander at Boston was his brother, Sir William Howe, whose troops left the city by sea on March 17, 1776. The departure followed a siege that turned after Continental forces under George Washington fortified Dorchester Heights and threatened the British ships and garrison. The engraving was made around 1861, roughly eight decades later, by J. Godfrey after a painting by M. A. Wageman, so it shows how nineteenth-century artists imagined the Revolution rather than an eyewitness view.
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1861. |
| Subjects | Engraving by J. Godfrey after M.A. Wageman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns & battles; Massachusetts; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126122 |
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