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A N.b.E. view of the fort on the western end of Sulivans Island with the disposition of His Majesty's fleet commanded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker Knt. &c &c &c during the attack on the 28th. of June 1776, which lasted 9 hours and 40 minutes – Vintage Photo Print

A N.b.E. view of the fort on the western end of Sulivans Island with the disposition of His Majesty's fleet commanded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker Knt. &c &c &c during the attack on the 28th. of June 1776, which lasted 9 hours and 40 minutes, London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Wm. Faden Corner of St. Martin's Lane Charing Cross, 1776 Augt. 10th. — historic print
A N.b.E. view of the fort on the western end of Sulivans Island with the disposition of His Majesty's fleet commanded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker Knt. &c &c &c during the attack on the 28th. of June 1776, which lasted 9 hours and 40 minutes, London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Wm. Faden Corner of St. Martin's Lane Charing Cross, 1776 Augt. 10th.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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A N.b.E. view of the fort on the western end of Sulivans Island with the disposition of His Majesty's fleet commanded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker Knt. &c &c &c during the attack on the 28th. of June 1776, which lasted 9 hours and 40 minutes

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The view shows the fort at the western end of Sullivan's Island, at the mouth of Charleston harbor, with Sir Peter Parker's British fleet positioned for the attack of June 28, 1776. The engraver's title notes that the bombardment lasted nine hours and forty minutes. The fort's walls were built of palmetto logs packed with sand, which absorbed much of the British fire, and the defenders under William Moultrie held their position, a result that encouraged the American cause early in the war. William Faden published the plate in London in August 1776, only weeks after the battle. Later restrikes, issued in a New York atlas of Revolutionary battles, reused the same plate.

Created / publishedLondon : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Wm. Faden Corner of St. Martin's Lane Charing Cross, 1776 Augt. 10th.
Medium1 print : etching.
GenreBook illustrations 1840-1850.Etchings 1770-1780.
NotesTitle from item. Possible restrikes from later edition published in New York. Illus. in: Atlas of the battles of the American Revolution, together with maps shewing the routes of the British and American Armies, plans of cities, surveys of harbors, &c., / taken during that eventful period by officers attached to the Royal Army. [New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1845?, no. 26] 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. 606.
SubjectsFort Moultrie, Battle of, S.C., 1776. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Fort Sullivan (S.C.)--1770-1780. Sullivan's Island (S.C. : Island)--1770-1780. Naval warfare--British--South Carolina--Sullivan's Island (Island)--1770-1780. Forts & fortifications--American--South Carolina--Sullivan's Island (Island)--1770-1780.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 909 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116320

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