A view of West Point on Hudson's River by Major L'Enfant, engineer, 1780 [lithograph]

A view of West Point on Hudson's River by Major L'Enfant, engineer, 1780 [lithograph]

New York D. Van Nostrand [ca. 1850?]

1 print : lithograph ; on sheet 23 x 84 cm.

P&E L1997F553ff

Panoramic view of the West Point encampment in late summer of 1778 from across the Hudson River. In the foreground are cattle and militia. The original was probably drawn by L'Enfant when he was attached to the staff of General Baron von Stueben in the summer of 1778.
"Facsimilie of General Knox's inscription with a lead pencil on the original drawing."

Cresswell, Donald H. The American revolution in drawings and prints, 557

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