The Death of General Warren at Bunker Hill
John Trumbull's 1786 painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill, fought 17 June 1775, depicting the death of American general Joseph Warren.
Fought on Breed's Hill overlooking Boston rather than the nearby hill it is named for, this early clash of the American Revolution saw colonial militia hold their ground against repeated British assaults, inflicting devastating casualties before running out of ammunition and being driven from their earthworks. It was a costly win for the British — over a thousand casualties in an afternoon — that proved untrained colonial fighters could stand against professional regulars. John Trumbull, who served in the Continental Army before turning to painting, composed this romanticized death scene of physician-turned-general Joseph Warren a decade later while studying in London, part of a series of history paintings that shaped how Americans pictured their own revolution.
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