Exact Plan of General Gage's Lines on Boston Neck in America, from the Pennsylvania Magazine

Engraver Robert Aitken American, born Scotland
Subject General Thomas Gage British
August 1775
Not on view

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  • Title: Exact Plan of General Gage's Lines on Boston Neck in America, from the Pennsylvania Magazine
  • Engraver: Robert Aitken (American (born Scotland), Dalkeith 1735–1802 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Subject: General Thomas Gage (British, 1721–1787)
  • Date: August 1775
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 11 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (29.4 × 22.4 cm)
    Sheet (clipped impression): 11 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (30 × 24.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1297
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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