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Retreat from Long Island [N.Y.], Aug. 29, 1776 – Antique Wall Art

Retreat from Long Island [N.Y.], Aug. 29, 1776 — antique engraving
Retreat from Long Island [N.Y.], Aug. 29, 1776. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive 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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Step back in time with Retreat from Long Island [N.Y.], Aug. 29, 1776, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Retreat from Long Island [N.Y.], Aug. 29, 1776

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The engraving shows the Continental Army's withdrawal from Long Island, the night of August 29, 1776, after the British victory at the Battle of Long Island a few days earlier. Under cover of darkness and fog, Washington's troops were ferried across the East River to Manhattan, a move that saved the army from being trapped. Henry Bryan Hall engraved the scene from a drawing by McNevin, and G.P. Putnam & Co. of New York issued it in 1856, when illustrated histories of the Revolution were popular. The print is worth studying as a mid-19th-century view of a 1776 event, shaped as much by its period as by the original moment.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1856
SubjectsEngraving by Henry Bryan Hall, of drawing by McNevin, entered 1856 by G.P. Putnam & Co., N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. Index; US History-- Revolution, 1775-1783; US--Hist.--27-30 Aug. 1776; Presidential I.; Military retreats; Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,318 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130250

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