Image of General Thomas Gage, the last British military Royal Governor of Massachusetts, assuring an assemblage of boys that they need not fear his troops quartered in Boston; Gage sits in military uniform at a table with two other uniformed men facing a group of 15 boys standing by the table and coming through the door; an African American man tends a fire in the fireplace at left. "Max Rosenthal del."--text, bottom right margin. "Max Rosenthal"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image. "L.N. Rosenthal, 327, Walnut St. Philada."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by Wm. Smith, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Published by William Smith, Printseller, No. 702, South Third St., Philada."--text, bottom center margin. "General Gage said "The very children here draw in a love of liberty with the air they breathe. You may go my brave boys, and be assured if my troops trouble you again they shall be punished""--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 50.8 x 65.72 cm (20 x 25 7/8 in.)
African American men--Pictorial works Boys--Pictorial works Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787--Pictorial works Massachusetts. Governor (1774-1775 : Gage) United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
Boston (Mass.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size Other Military The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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