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Title

The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill. 

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Item (linked) part of

Canadian Historical Prints Collection [graphic material] (R13133-0-7-E)

Date(s)

[ca. 1798]

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 reproduction : photogravure, mounted on board

Scope and content

Reproduction of an engraving by J.G. Muller (published in London in 1798) after a painting by American Revolutionary artist John Trumbull. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. Maj. Gen. Joseph Warren lies mortally wounded on the left of the scene, while the battle rages on.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)
90: Open
Volume
52 Item no. assigned by LAC 390
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R13133-404-9-E

Terms of use

Copyright : expired Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-390

Additional name(s)

Artist: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.
Engraver: Muller, Johann Gotthard von, 1747-1830 .
Depicted: Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775
Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775

Additional information

Old framing number: 9-C-12

Physical condition note
Some discolouration; marks from framing around edges.

Location of originals note
Original oil painting by Trumbull (1786) is in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.

Subject heading

1. Death and burial.
2. Warren, Joseph,
3. military activity.
4. Mort et sépulture .
5. Bunker Hill, Bataille de, 1775.
6. Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 .

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994672