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
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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.
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.