Image of a landscape view of the Hudson River looking north from the Siege Battery at the United States Military Academy on West Point in Orange County, New York, including views of the "Cro' Nest," "Polipels Island," "Breakneck," and "Constitution Island" as captioned; boats visible on the river; soldiers with cannons in foreground. "Sketched from Nature by B.G. Stone."--text, bottom left margin. "Entd. according to Act of Congress AD 1859, by B.G. Stone in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court of the Southn. Dist. of N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "Lith. by C. Parsons. Printed by Endicott & Co. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Published by Goupil & Co. London, Paris, Berlin & New York."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 50.17 x 64.14 cm (19 3/4 x 25 1/4 in.)
Boats and boating--Pictorial works Cannons--Pictorial works Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Military education--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works West Point (N.Y.)--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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