West Point and the Highlands, Hudson River Military View – 1869 Engraving

Name: West Point and the Highlands, Hudson River Military View – 1869 Engraving
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14129-21
Price: 300 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1869
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 23.3 × 31.6 cm (9.2 × 12.4 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition. Light age toning and scattered foxing, mainly in the margins. The engraved image remains strong and well-defined. A visible plate mark is present. No major tears or losses observed.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: New York
Reference: BG-14129-21

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

West Point and the Highlands, an original steel engraving after a painting by Henry Fenn, engraved by S. V. Hunt and published in New York by D. Appleton and Co. The plate title is lettered in script below the image, with the copyright line "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1869."

From a raised earthwork in the foreground, a group of artillerymen work a large gun, and one soldier at the right sights along a rifle. Beyond them the Hudson River narrows between steep, wooded hills, with sailing vessels and small boats scattered across the water. A stand of masts and low shapes lies near the bank in the middle distance, and the far reach of the river fades into haze under a broken, cloudy sky.

West Point stands on a bend in the Hudson that was fortified during the Revolution, and it has housed the United States Military Academy since 1802. The view puts the cannons in the foreground against the long river view that made the Highlands a favorite subject of American landscape artists.

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