St. Eustache une des Isles d'Antilles dans l'Amerique du Nord la quelle fut prise aux Hollandois en 1781 par les Anglois St. Eustache eine der Antillischen insuln in Nord-America welche 1781 von den Engelländern, erobert und denen Holländern abgenom̄en worden / grave par Bergmüller – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: St. Eustache une des Isles d'Antilles dans l'Amerique du Nord la quelle fut prise aux Hollandois en 1781 par les Anglois St. Eustache eine der Antillischen insuln in Nord-America welche 1781 von den Engelländern, erobert und denen Holländern abgenom̄en worden / grave par Bergmüller, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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St. Eustache une des Isles d'Antilles dans l'Amerique du Nord la quelle fut prise aux Hollandois en 1781 par les Anglois St. Eustache eine der Antillischen insuln in Nord-America welche 1781 von den Engelländern, erobert und denen Holländern abgenom̄en worden / grave par Bergmüller
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This etching, hand-colored and captioned in French and German, shows the Dutch island of St. Eustatius in the Caribbean, which the British took from the Dutch in February 1781. Its title and the subject headings point to warships and fortifications, so the view is less a portrait of the island than a record of the naval action. St. Eustatius had long been a busy free port, and its trade was a major channel for supplies reaching the American rebels, which made its capture a notable event of the American Revolution. The print was engraved by Bergmüller and issued in Augsburg, a center of German print publishing, during the 1780s.
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Augsbourg : [s.n., 178-] |
| Subjects | Warships--British--1780-1790. Naval warfare--Great Britain--1780-1790. Forts & fortifications--Dutch--Netherlands Antilles--Saint Eustatius--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations--British. Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)--History--Capture by the British, 1781. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,106 × 4,874 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225913 |
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