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Battle of Lexington
1798
Elkanah Tisdale, designer (1771-1834); Cornelius Tiebout, engraver (1777-1832); Cornelius & Alexander Tiebout, publishers
USA: New York, New York
Engraving on paper; etching
overall: 19 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.; 48.895 x 59.055 cm
Special Acquisitions Fund
91.008.7

Battle of Lexington; outdoor scene with soldiers fighting; house on right with kneeling woman holding hand of a departing soldier; recumbant male figure in left foreground by rocks; stone wall in center; reads on bottom "E. Tisdale delt./ C. Tiebout sculpt./ Battle of Lexington./ NEW YORK. Published by C. & A. Tiebout No. 29 Gold Street./ Jany. 1st 1798."; written in pencil lower right "Mrs. Bettels [illeg]".


Elkanah Tisdale’s depiction of the battle at Lexington emphasizes the drama of the moment with a cloudy sky, leafless trees, rocky landscape and chaotic groups of colonists and soldiers. The engraver and publisher, Cornelius Tiebout, sold this print plain or embellished with watercolor.