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TITLE:  The battle of Lexington

CALL NUMBER:  PGA - Daniels--Battle of Lexington (D size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-pga-00995 (digital file from original print)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-05478 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZ62-8623 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print shows line of Minute Men being fired upon by British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts.

MEDIUM:  1 print : engraving ; 44.8 x 63.8 cm. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  Boston : Published by John H. Daniels & Son, c1903 Jan. 15.

NOTES:

Y12189 U.S. Copyright Office.

Title from item.

Cartouche in lower left corner with inscription beneath musket and powder horn: Line of the Minute Men April 19 1775 / Stand your ground / Don't fire unless fired upon / But if they mean to have a war / Let it begin here / Captain Parker.

Copyright 1903 by John H. Daniels & Son, Boston.

Exhibited: "Revere's Ride and Longfellow's Legend" at the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, 2004-2005.

SUBJECTS:

Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775.
Minutemen (Militia)
Soldiers--American--Massachusetts--Lexington--1770-1780.

FORMAT:

Engravings 1900-1910.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) pga 00995 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.00995
(digital file from original print) ppmsca 05478 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.05478
(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a11211 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a11211

CONTROL #:  2004669976



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