The attack on Bunker Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775

The attack on Bunker Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775

Item Information

Title:
The attack on Bunker Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775
Description:
Maine-based artist Mildred Burrage created many paintings and drawings throughout her career, which began in the early 20th-century. Burrage studied in both America and Europe, and created numerous impressionist works while staying in France. In the 1920s, she executed several relief-paintings based on historic maps, prints, engravings and photographs. The gesso relief painting displayed here is similar to a vignette illustrated in Sayer and Bennett's 1775 map "The Seat of War in New England." Here Burrage has enlarged the battle scene, and used a gesso (white paint mixture) build-up to show relief. She added gold leaf to the piece for added decorative flare.
Artist:
Burrage, Mildred G. (Mildred Giddings), 1890-1983
Name on Item:
Mildred G. Burrage
Date:
[1926]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Objects/Artifacts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Pictorial works
Boston (Mass.)--Pictorial works
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 art original : painted gesso ; 68 x 62 cm, in frame 79 x 72 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3f463832p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes some military information.
Painted gesso plaster, with land features shown in relief.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Women in Cartography: Five Centuries of Accomplishments" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2015-2016.
Identifier:
06_01_014681
Call #:
G3764.B6:2B8S3 1926 .B87
Barcode:
39999065704346