A View of the South Part of Lexington, Ralph Earl, 1775

"plate iv. A view of the south part of lexington. " in: "the doolittle engravings of the battles of lexington and concord in 1775" hand colored engraving. Published 1775. Amos doolittle (engraver) and ralph earl (artist). A view of the south part of lexington (plate iv) shows the regulars in action as they returned to lexington after the engagement on concord bridge. It was there that they met the relief column from boston headed by hugh, earl percy. Minutemen can be seen in the foreground firing behind walls as british soldiers attempt to defend the column as it marched through the withering gauntlet. Several houses sit ablaze in the background, torched presumably to deny snipers safe perches. As in plate ii, doolittle has added identifying numbers which are captioned below the image: "1. Colonel smith's brigade retreating before the provincials. 2. Earl piercys [sic] brigade meeting them. 3 & 4. Earl percey & col. Smith. 5. Provincials. 6 & 7. The flanck-guards of piercys brigade. 8. A field-piece pointed at the lexington me[e]tinghouse. 9. The burning of the houses in lexington. ". Object Type: print. Date: 1775. Dimensions: 300 x 448mm (sheet 347 x 462mm). Medium: copperplate engraving. A View of the South Part of Lexington 2022 NYR 19907 0338