View of the Battleground at Concord, Mass.

Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)

Thayer & Co.'s Lithography, Boston

about 1840

Medium/TechniqueHand-colored lithograph

DimensionsImage: 32.5 x 50.0 cm (12 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 42.9 x 55.7 cm (16 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession number62.94

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InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: F H Lane, del. In stone, at lower right: Thayer's Lithography Boston In stone, below image: View of the Battleground at Concord, Mass. / "Here, on the 19th of April, 1775, was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression. On the / opposite bank stood the American Militia. Here stood the invading army, and on this spot the / first of the enemy fell in the war of the Revolution, which gave peace to these United States. / In gratitude to God, and in the love of freedom, this monument was erected, A.D. 1836." / (Inscription on the monument)"

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1962, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1962)