The Battle of Lexington
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808569
Item data
Title
The Battle of Lexington
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1775
Names
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (Artist)
Smillie, James, 1807-1885 (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1856
Place: New York
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1775
Subjects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- 1775
Campaigns & battles -- Massachusetts -- Lexington -- 1775
Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Lexington -- 1775
War casualties -- Massachusetts -- Lexington -- 1775
Gunfights -- Massachusetts -- Lexington -- 1775
Genres
Conjectural Works
Reproductive Prints
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: Printed on border: "Painted by Alonzo Chappel." "Engraved by James Smillie." "From the original picture in the possession of the publishers." "Entered according to act of Congress AD 1856, by Martin, Johnson & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y."
Physical Description
Steel engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 17 x 20 cm. (6 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613321
Barcode: 33333159364351
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2b42d130-c530-012f-68b3-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1856
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Battle of Lexington" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b42d130-c530-012f-68b3-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1856). The Battle of Lexington Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b42d130-c530-012f-68b3-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Battle of Lexington" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b42d130-c530-012f-68b3-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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