Description:
Hand-colored engraving inscribed, "Drawn by A.J. Davis." and "Engraved & Printed by Fenner Sears & Co." and "MONUMENT BUNKER'S HILL/ Height 220 ft. Diameter of base, 30 ft. top.15." and "London Published Feb. 15. 1831 by I.T. Hinton & Simpkin & Marshall." Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892) was an architect, draftsman, and lithographer who produced views of NYC and Boston in the 1820s. The Bunker Hill Monuments was designed and built by Solomon Willard (1783–1861), an architect and sculptor, who was born Petersham, Mass., and moved to Boston in 1804, where he eventually became a leading architect; he both designed and supervised the erection of the Bunker Hill monument over an 18 yr. period, which was completed in 1843. The design and construction of the granite monument was an engineering feat of the time.
Subjects:
Watercolor painting Link to share this object record:
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