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Battle of Plattsburg – Vintage Print

Battle of Plattsburg, [1814?] — antique engraving
Battle of Plattsburg, [1814?]. Antique engraving from the New York 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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A window into the past: Battle of Plattsburg, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Naval combat on Lake Champlain, rather than land fighting around the town itself, is the subject of this hand-colored engraving. The battle of September 11, 1814, pitted an American squadron under Thomas Macdonough against a British flotilla commanded by George Downie, and the American victory forced the British army under Governor General Sir George Prevost to abandon its invasion of New York. Prints like this one, made in the years after the war, helped Americans picture a triumph that turned the tide of the northern campaign. The record dates it only approximately, so the exact year of printing remains uncertain.

Created / published[1814?]
Medium1 print : engraving, hand-colored.
GenreNaval prints 1810-1820.Engravings Hand-colored 1810-1820.
SubjectsLake Champlain, Battle of, N.Y., 1814. Naval warfare--Champlain, Lake--1810-1820. Campaigns & battles--New York (State)--Plattsburgh--1810-1820. United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,436 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217260

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