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Title
Storming Stony Point - July 16th 1779
Creator
Kurz & Allison, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets and bearing an American flag storming up a hill in Stony Point, New York, in the Battle of Stony Point in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War; British soldiers visible at the peak responding to the Americans' advance.
Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Kurz & Allison were located on Wabash from 1885-1896. "Kurz & Allison, 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 31.43 x 45.72 cm (12 3/8 x 18 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_MIL_001250
400971
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2235
Language
English
Subject
Soldiers--Pictorial works
Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779--Pictorial works
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
Other Military
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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