Bunkers Hill, or the Blessed Effects of Family Quarrels
ca. 1775
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
image: 5 11/16 x 3 1/2 in. (14.4 x 8.9 cm) sheet: 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (21 x 12 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Accession Number
83.2.1007
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About this artwork
This satirical engraving comments on the Battle of Bunker Hill, depicting the American Revolutionary War as a destructive family quarrel between Britain and her colonies, created around 1775. The print shows allegorical figures representing America and Britannia fighting one another while France stabs America from behind and Spain pierces Britannia's shield. British politicians John Stuart, Earl of Bute, Frederick North, Earl of Guilford, and David Murray, Earl of Mansfield, look down on the sce...