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Washington & staff watching the Battle of Long Island – Historic Reproduction

Washington & staff watching the Battle of Long Island — historic photograph
Washington & staff watching the Battle of Long Island. Historic photograph from the Presidents 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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Washington & staff watching the Battle of Long Island comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Washington & staff watching the Battle of Long Island

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Washington and his staff look out over the fighting at the Battle of Long Island, fought in August 1776 in what is now Brooklyn, where the Continental Army suffered a heavy defeat and had to withdraw across the East River to Manhattan. This photograph reproduces a painting by John Ward Dinsmore, so it shows a later painter's account of the scene rather than a record made at the time. The notes date the print to about 1944, and its subject places it among the many images of Washington that show how Americans later pictured their commander during the Revolution.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1944.
SubjectsPhoto of painting by John Ward Dinsmore. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI--Works; Presidential I.; US History; Shelf. Washington, George--Military service.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,213 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128943

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