The National Lancers with the Reviewing Officers on Boston Common

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Artist Fitz Henry Lane(American, 1804–1865)American, 1804–1865

Artistafter Charles Hubbard(American, 1801–1876, Boston)American, 1801–1876, Boston

CultureAmerican

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The National Lancers with the Reviewing Officers on Boston Common

Date1837

PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States

MediumLithograph on laid paper

DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 × 20 1/4 in. (37.5 × 51.4 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 23 3/4 in. (50.8 × 60.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 1988"

Object numberB.88.27

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DescriptionThe National Lancers, established in 1836, were an elite unit within the Massachusetts militia created largely for ceremonial functions that also served as a social organization for members. In nineteenth-century military strategy, lancers were fast-moving, first-wave attackers who charged the enemy followed by troops with weapons better suited to close combat. Their uniforms usually included a distinctive, flat-topped hat called a czapka, signifying the Polish derivation of most lancers’ uniforms.
Provenance[Susan Sheehan, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
Published References Susan Sheehan, Inc., New York, American Historical Prints, April–May 1987, no. 30; Pierce, Sally, and Catharina Slautterback. Boston Lithography 1825−1880. Boston: Boston Athenaeum, 1991, p. 49, no. 39. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed below image: C. Hubbard del. On Stone by F.H. Lane Moore's Lithography, Boston. / THE NATIONAL LANCERS WITH THE REVIEWING OFFICERS ON BOSTON COMMON. /Taken from the Original Painting (as designed and executed by C. Hubbard) on the Standard, which was presented to the Company of His Excellency the Governor of Massachusetts, on the 30th..[th superscript with two periods [..] underneath] of August 1837. / This print published by request is respectfully dedicated to the Corps. Boston, Sept 1837

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