https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/23/2255/20201204-JEC_6401.jpg 0937b45aa28deab293a8e3724da384a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Art Collection Subject The topic of the resource Art Description An account of the resource The Art Collection of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library and items associated with the creation and growth of the collection. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Art Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Art Collection Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View of the Battleground, Concord Description An account of the resource The North Bridge area in Concord—and particularly the bridge itself—is powerfully symbolic of the struggle for independence that began here in 1775. But for more than eighty years (from 1793 until 1874), no bridge stood on the site where the Concord Fight had taken place. This oil painting of the battleground depicts the area in the mid-19th century, when there was no bridge. In 1793, the “rude bridge that arched the flood” was dismantled. Rather than rebuilding on a spot vulnerable to the elements and requiring frequent repair, the town erected a new bridge (Flint’s Bridge) near Abishai Flint’s, and relocated the road that had run on the north side of the river, where the Buttrick house stood, to the south side, thereby creating a section of what is now known as Monument Street. There was no bridge when Emerson’s “Concord Hymn” was sung at the 1837 dedication of the Battle Monument. A new bridge was finally constructed in 1874, when a Victorian cedar bridge, with gazebos, was put up for the 1875 centennial celebration of the Concord Fight. This oil painting bears a striking resemblance to a lithograph known to have been done by Gloucester (Massachusetts) landscape and marine painter and lithographer Fitz Hugh Lane (1804-1865) about 1840. Because the lithograph is signed by Lane, the unsigned painting has sometimes also been attributed to him. However, Lane specialists have not found sufficient evidence (stylistic or other) to ascribe the painting to the artist. It may have served as the source for Lane’s lithograph, or it may have been painted from the lithograph. Regardless of whose work the painting represents and of whether it preceded the lithograph or vice versa, the lithograph influenced mid-19th century consciousness of the spot on which the Concord Fight had taken place. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Artist Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-50 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020-001-127 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Subject The topic of the resource Painting of the battleground where the Concord Fight took place on April 19, 1775 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Purchased through the Samuel Hoar Fund Relation A related resource 2020-001-188 Type The nature or genre of the resource Painting Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Images © 2020 James E. Coutré Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 28" x 38" Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil on canvas Art Collection Concord Concord Fight Painting