The Surrender of Nieuw Amsterdam in 1664 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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The Surrender of Nieuw Amsterdam in 1664 comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Surrender of Nieuw Amsterdam in 1664
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Peter Stuyvesant, the strong-willed director of the Dutch colony, is the figure at the center of this etching of his resignation. In August 1664, an English squadron under Richard Nicolls anchored off Manhattan, and although Stuyvesant wanted to resist, many residents were unwilling to fight the English fleet. The capitulation was signed in early September, and the town was renamed New York in honor of the Duke of York. Made in 1908, the print looks back on that handover as a turning point in colonial American history.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1900-1910. |
| Notes | B61245 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. |
| Subjects | Stuyvesant, Peter,--1592-1672--Resignation from office. Soldiers--Dutch--New York (State)--New York--1660-1670. United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,094 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110566 |
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