[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments on the Hudson River] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments on the Hudson River], [1778?] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/098d862f40db-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments on the Hudson River] comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Stretching nearly 143 centimeters across the sheet, this watercolor lays out the American encampments along a wide bend of the Hudson River at West Point. The river here was the key water route between British-held New York City and the northern states, so the Continental Army fortified the high ground above it to block enemy ships. The sheet is dated about 1778, the period when engineers were building batteries at the post and a chain was stretched across the river to slow passing vessels. Its long, unfolding format lets the viewer follow the tents, the water, and the terrain in a single sweep.
| Created / published | [1778?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor ; 142.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet) |
| Genre | Panoramic views 1770-1780.Watercolors 1770-1780.Drawings Color 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 557. |
| Subjects | Military camps--American--New York (State)--1770-1780. Rivers--New York (State)--1770-1780. West Point (N.Y.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,036 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119155 |
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