File:View_of_the_Attack_Against_Fort_Washington.jpeg
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Thomas Davies: A View of the Attack against Fort Washington and Rebel Redouts near New York on the 16 of November 1776 by the British and Hessian Brigades ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q15520500 |
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Title |
A View of the Attack against Fort Washington and Rebel Redouts near New York on the 16 of November 1776 by the British and Hessian Brigades label QS:Len,"A View of the Attack against Fort Washington and Rebel Redouts near New York on the 16 of November 1776 by the British and Hessian Brigades" |
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Description |
Contemporaneous view drawn by British officer Thomas Davies of the attack against Fort Washington on November 16, 1776. Shows artillery fire on the fort and redoubts as well as several boats of soldiers in the river. The New Jersey Palisades and the Hudson River are also shown in the background. |
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Date |
1776 date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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watercolor medium QS:P186,Q22915256 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219555 |
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Inscriptions | Drawn on the Spot, by Tho. Davies Capt R: R: of Artillery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author | Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation |
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Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
IIM version | 2 |