A View of Fort McHenry, and of the Entrance of the Harbour of Baltimore – Historic Photo Reproduction
![A View of Fort McHenry, and of the Entrance of the Harbour of Baltimore, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/dc/dcbb6138bdee-L.webp)
(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: A View of Fort McHenry, and of the Entrance of the Harbour of Baltimore, 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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A View of Fort McHenry, and of the Entrance of the Harbour of Baltimore
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Fort McHenry, the star-shaped stone fort guarding the approach to Baltimore, is the subject here, with the harbor entrance spread out before it. The fort became famous during the War of 1812, when British warships bombarded it in September 1814 and its defenders held. Francis Scott Key, watching from a nearby ship, saw the flag still flying the next morning and wrote the poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner." Richard G. Harrison's engraving was made for the Analectic Magazine, so it shows the place as it was known to readers of the period.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Subjects | Engraving by Richard G. Harrison, for the Analetic Magazine. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; Forts...--Ft. McH-; Md.--Baltimore; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,050 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132116 |
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