Engraving

Title:

Gen. Warren taking leave of his wife and child on the eve of the battle of Bunker Hill

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.1080

Creator:

Artist; Ormsby, Waterman L. (1809-1883)Engraver

Description:

Engraving. Gen. Joseph Warren (1741-1775) leaving his wife and child. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of a young man and woman, standing facing each other. The man with upraised left arm and rifle in the left, has white hair (wig?),dark uniform coat with white neck cloth, leather band across the chest, , dark breeches, white stockings, one dark shoe showing. The woman facing him has her right arm outstretched and her left arm extended with her hand on the rifle. She has long, dark curly hair, a shawl over her flowered bodice short sleeves ruffled at the edge, a flowered over- skirt held up at intervals with a button, a striped underskirt reaching the floor and one dark slipper showing. The background is that of an interior room with walls with pictures hung, a curtain pulled back of one window with greenery showing; a second smaller window on the left; mirror at the right and a chest at the left with a hat resting on top. At the right is a young child looking out from a cradle. The planked floor is bare. Immediately below the image at the left is printed "J. Brougham" and opposite right "T. Kelley". "Gen. Warren taking leave of his wife and child / on the eve of the battle of Bunker Hill" is printed in script and centered below the image. "W. L. Ormsby, Printer." is printed below this caption on the right. "Designed & Engraved Expressly for the Columbian Magazine." is printed as a last line.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-8.4 W-6.2 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Warren, Joseph (1741-1775), Ormsby, Waterman L. (1809-1883)