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Image ID: 54223
To his excellency Genl Washington ... this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester....
(1782)
Image Details
Image Title
:
To his excellency Genl Washington ... this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester....
Creator
:
Scot, Robert, 1744?-1823 -- Engraver
Additional Name(s)
:
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Dedicatee
Bauman, Sebastian -- Surveyor
Created Date
:
1782
Depicted Date
:
1781
Medium
: Engravings -- Hand-colored
Specific Material Type
: Prints
Item Physical Description
: 1 print ; 65 x 45.4 cm.
Notes
:
Print bears dedication to George Washington.
Note 2.)
Print contains 22 references to the British lines and 20 lines of explanatory text.
Note 3.)
Print depicts October 22-28, 1781.
Standard Reference
: Deák 171; Stokes 1781-B-112
Source
:
I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection of American Historical Prints. / Individual prints, drawings, paintings and maps in the Stokes Collection.
Location
:
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
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