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West Point, from above Washington Valley, looking down the river / painted by Geo. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett. – Vintage Print

West Point, from above Washington Valley, looking down the river / painted by Geo. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett., New York : Published by Parker & Clover, c1834. — historic print
West Point, from above Washington Valley, looking down the river / painted by Geo. Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett., New York : Published by Parker & Clover, c1834.. Historic print from the New York City collection.

(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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Looking south from the heights above Washington Valley, this aquatint shows the Hudson winding past West Point, the site of the United States Military Academy. The academy had been established there in 1802, and the bend of the river had been strategically important since the Revolution, when American forces fortified the high ground to block British river traffic. George Cooke painted the view and William James Bennett engraved it, and Parker & Clover published the color print in New York around 1834, part of the wave of American landscape prints that made the Hudson Valley familiar to a growing public.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by Parker & Clover, c1834.
Medium1 print : aquatint, color.
GenreLandscape prints 1830-1840.Aquatints Color 1830-1840.
NotesCopyright by Parker & Clover.
SubjectsUnited States Military Academy--1830-1840. Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--1830-1840.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,377 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-174012

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