Battle at Bunkers Hill
date: label: date made
content: 1843-1852
name: label: distributor
content: Needham, D.
label: lithographer
content: E.B. and E.C. Kellogg
label: maker
content: Kelloggs & Thayer
label: original artist
content: Trumbull, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hand colored print; action scene of American and British troop engaged in battle at Bunkers Hill. Below the image on either side of the title are small line-drawn sketches, copied from the print, that identify key figures in the battle scene. The print is based on a composition by John Trumbull.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This print was produced by the Hartford, Connecticut lithographic firm of E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. Edmund Burke Kellogg and Elijah Chapman Kellogg were younger brothers of the founder of the Kellogg lithography firm, Daniel Wright Kellogg. After Daniel Wright Kellogg moved west, his two brothers took over the family lithography firm in 1840 and changed the name to E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. They were responsible for the continued success of the family firm and involved in partnerships with Horace Thayer in 1846-47, John Chenevard Comstock in 1848 and William Henry Bulkeley in 1867.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Dwight Needham of Buffalo was the co-publisher/ distributor or agent for this print.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Revolutionary War
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: depicted
content: Uniforms, Military
label: depicted
content: Battle Scenes
label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2537
label: catalog number
content: 60.2537
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 31.75 cm