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Preparing for the Battle of Bunker Hill — original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"

Preparing for the Battle of Bunker Hill — original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"

$1,495.00

Updated May 23: This has been sold.

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Original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey shows the work of the Patriots in advance of what we call "The Battle of Bunker Hill." For an illustration in Volume 3 of The Golden Book History of the United States (pp. 206 - 207). This appears below the illustration in the book:

"The colonial forces worked secretly through the night on Breed's Hill. In the morning, the British were astonished to see their fortifications."

In a solid wood frame made by hand for this painting.

We'll include the Golden Book volume with your painting, too.

Bunker Hill/Bunker's Hill or Breed's Hill? Learn more in this excellent post from J.L. Bell at Boston 1775.

Size of frame: 11.25" x 25"

Size of painting: 8.5" x 22.5"

Only one.

Shipping: $25. Will be shipped UPS with a signature required.

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