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West Point from Constitution Island – Vintage Wall Art

West Point from Constitution Island, [ca. 1820] — historic drawing
West Point from Constitution Island, [ca. 1820]. Historic drawing 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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This rare historic drawing captures West Point from Constitution Island in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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From Constitution Island, a small island facing the cadet grounds across the Hudson, this watercolor frames the United States Military Academy at West Point as the country's young officer corps was taking shape. The academy had been established in 1802, and by the 1810s and 1820s it was becoming a symbol of the new republic's engineering and military training. The sheet is part of the John Rubens Smith Collection, which preserves the work of a draftsman who recorded American towns, fortifications and landscapes in the early nineteenth century. Such views are valued today as records of how the post and its surroundings looked before later building and expansion.

Created / published[ca. 1820]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenreWatercolors 1810-1830.
NotesJohn Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsUnited States Military Academy--1810-1830. West Point (N.Y.)--1810-1830.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,662 × 3,826 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219897

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