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Boston and Bunker Hill
William Henry Bartlett (English, 1809–1854)
about 1839
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.5 x 33.8 cm (8 7/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3847
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1062) cat.
DescriptionAccompanied by hand-colored lithograph of same subject. This image was reproduced widely in the 1840s and 50s, in both steel engraving and lithography.
InscriptionsVerso, in graphite: "Boston and Bunker Hill from the East." and crude sketch titled: "Bunker Hill Monument"
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA, December 1950