The Battle of Bunker-Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston

published 1875

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

This is a drawing of several individuals on a rooftop overlooking a bay. In the background, several ships and a distant hill are visible. The rooftop is crowded with people, some elevated. The sky is filled with thick clouds. Rooftops and a chimney are detailed. The perspective shows further rooftops with people and a distant ship in the water. A church steeple can be seen on the far horizon.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1958-1959, no. 237 (not shown in New York).

1966

  • Our American Heritage, U.S. Army Security Agency Training Regiment, Fort Devens, MA, 1966, no cat.

Bibliography

1936

  • Foster, Allen Evarts. "A check list of illustrations by Winslow Homer in 'Harper's Weekly' and other periodicals." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 40 (1936): 842-852. Separately published New York: New York Public Library, 1936.

1969

  • Gelman 1969, no.257.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.242.

Wikidata ID

Q65218796

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