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Henry Cabot Lodge's text describes this first skirmish of the American Revolution, when British troops defeated American militiamen in Lexington, near Boston. Pyle's painting - one of twelve for Lodge's text - is less an illustration of Lodge's minimally descriptive words, and more an image of the heroism and pathos of wounded and dying Americans.

Details

  • Title: The Fight on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775
  • Date: 1898/1898
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: H. Pyle (LRC)
  • Physical Dimensions: w35.25 x h23.25 in (Complete)
  • Illustrator: Howard Pyle
  • Illustration Citation: The Story of the Revolution, by Henry Cabot Lodge, in Scribner's Magazine, January 1898
  • Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1912
  • Provenance: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
  • Type: Paintings
  • Rights: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
  • External Link: http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:2052
  • Medium: Oil on canvas

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