Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775, fire engine panel painting

An oil painting on a carved wooden fire engine panel shows a battle scene with soldiers in blue and red uniforms firing muskets near a row of red-roofed buildings. Smoke drifts across the field, a fallen figure lies in the foreground, and a striped flag appears at lower right.

Artist

Betsch

Date

ca 1849

Medium

composite wood (overall material) oil paint (image material)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

1777 × 2666 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History