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| 2023-05-11 i516 The Fight on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (oil 1898), Howard Pyle; Delaware Museum of Art |
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"The Story of the Revolution," by Henry Cabot Lodge, in Scribner's Magazine, January 1898. Artist image Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) Howard Pyle (detail), 1896. . In the first skirmish of the American Revolution, British troops defeated American militiamen in Lexington, near Boston. Pyle's painting focuses on the wounded and dying colonists, encouraging viewers to appreciate their heroism. The British troops are pushed to the background and treated as a mass, rather than as individuals. |