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

Artwork Details

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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