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Painted fire engine panel in carved wood showing a battle with soldiers in blue and red uniforms, smoke, red-roofed buildings, and a fallen figure.

"Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775" Engine Panel Painting

An oil painting on a carved wooden fire engine panel shows a battle scene with soldiers in blue and red uniforms firing muskets near a row of red-roofed buildings. Smoke drifts across the field, a fallen figure lies in the foreground, and a striped flag appears at lower right.

Artist
Betsch
Date
ca 1849
Medium
composite wood (overall material) oil paint (image material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
1777 × 2666 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1854).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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