Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

by Nathaniel Philbrick

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  Illustration Credits

  1, 2, 3, 28, 29, 30, 31 and33: Courtesy of the Bostonian Society, Object Collection.

  4: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755–1828. Josiah Quincy, Jr. Oil on canvas. 91.76 × 71.12 cm (361⁄8 × 28 in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Mr. Edmund Quincy.

  5: John Singleton Copley, American, 1738–1815. Samuel Adams, about 1772. Oil on canvas. 125.73 × 100.33 cm (49½ × 39½ in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Deposited by the City of Boston, L-R 30.76c.

  6, 22, and 24: Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

  7: John Singleton Copley (American; 1738–1815). Portrait of Rev. Samuel Cooper (1725–1783), Pastor of Brattle Square Church, Boston, ca. 1769–1771. Oil on canvas. Frame: 365⁄8 × 3111⁄16 in. (93 × 80.5 cm), Overall: 301⁄8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5 cm). Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, Bequest of Charles M. Davenport, Class of 1901, (43.2.2).

  8: Album / Art Resource, NY.

  9: Portrait of General Thomas Gage, c. 1768 (oil on canvas mounted on masonite), Copley, John Singleton (1738–1815) / Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA / The Bridgeman Art Library.

  10: Mrs. Thomas Gage, 1771 (oil on canvas), Copley, John Singleton (1738–1815) / The Putnam Foundation, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, USA / The Bridgeman Art Library.

  11: John Singleton Copley, American, 1738–1815. Joseph Warren, about 1765. Oil on canvas. 127 × 100.96 cm (50 × 39¾ in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Buckminster Brown, M.D., through Carolyn M. Matthews, M.D., Trustee, 95.1366.

  12: Copley, John Singleton (1738–1815). Portrait of a Lady in a Blue Dress, 1763. Oil on canvas, 50 × 40 in. Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.28. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Photo credit: Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago / Art Resource, NY.

  13: John Singleton Copley, American, 1738–1815. Paul Revere, 1768. Oil on canvas. 89.22 x 72.39 cm (351⁄8 × 28½ in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Joseph W. Revere, William B. Revere and Edward H. R. Revere. 30.781.

  14 and 32: Courtesy American Antiquarian Society.

  15: Colonel John Montresor (1736–99) c.1771 (oil on canvas), Copley, John Singleton (1738–1815) / Detroit Institute of Arts, USA / The Bridgeman Art Library.

  16, 17, 18 and 20: Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division
of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

  19: Nancy Daugherty.

  21, 26 and 27: Independence National Historical Park.

  23: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843. The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, 17 June, 1775, after 1815–before 1831. Oil on canvas. 50.16 × 75.56 cm (19¾ × 29¾ in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Howland S. Warren, 1977.853.

  25: Peale, Charles Willson (1741–1827). George Washington. Ca. 1779–1781. Oil on canvas, 95 × 61¾ in. (241.3 × 156.8 cm). Gift of Collis P. Huntington, 1897 (97.33) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY.

  34: Boston Athenaeum.

  35: I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

  36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 58, and 62: Courtesy of the Bostonian Society, Object Collection.

  37 and 56: Author’s collection.

  39 and 52: Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

  40: The Library Company of Philadelphia.

  41, 59, and 60: Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

  45: Ritchie, Alexander Hay (1822–1885). Major General Charles Lee. 19th century. Etching and engraving. Image: 61⁄8 × 47⁄16 in. (15.5 × 11.3 cm); sheet: 121⁄16 × 9½ in. (30.7 × 24.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924 (24.90.387). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY.

  46: Popular Graphic Arts collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-5666.

  47: Courtesy of the Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine.

  48: Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

  49, 51, 54 and55: Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

  50: Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith (1723–91) 1764 (oil on canvas), Cotes, Francis (1726–70) / National Army Museum, London / The Bridgeman Art Library.