The National Lancers with the Reviewing Officers on Boston Common 1837

Fitz Henry Lane (Artist), Charles D. Hubbard (Artist), T. Moore's Lithography (Publisher)

Moore's Lithography, Boston, 1837

Early American Lithograph. Hand colored. 13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches visible. (Image 39.1 x 54 cm, sheet 50.3 x 63.7 cm)  "Taken from the original painting (as designed and executed by C. Hubbard) on the standard which was presented to the company by His Excellency the Governor of Massachusetts on the 30th of August, 1837. This print, published by request, is respectfully dedicated to the Corps. Boston, Sept. 1837."  "Framed by W. Graham Arader III, Museum quality framing."  The National Lancers is a voluntary military organization formed in 1836. Its motto is "Liberty, the Union, and the Laws," and in 1837 it played a prominent part in the suppression of the Broad Street Riot, in suppressing the Draft Riots of 1863, and in 1872 it was responsible for restoring order and protecting property after the great fire. It acts as the official escort of the Governor when he attends commencement at Harvard and is recognized as Troop A of the Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry.  Mr. Peters' note in America On Stone cites the print as the most interesting of the Moore house.  Peters 1931: America on Stone: The Other Printmakers to the American People, pl. 101