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Siege Battery, West Point - Looking North.

  • ARTIST: Benjamin Bellows Grant Stone

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Goupil & Co. London, Paris, Berlin & New York.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph,

    DATE: 1859.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 5/8 x 18 7/8" (32.2 x 48 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Sketched from Nature by B. G. Stone. Drawn on stone by Charles Parsons. Printed by Endicott & Co.<br><br> Key in title identifies landmarks, left to right, they are: Cro'Nest, Polipels Island, Breaknock and Constitution Island.<br><br> One of a series by Stone of views in and around West Point on the Hudson River. There are no records on how many views are in the set, or if they were even done as a set. All were produced in a very similar size and format which gives credence to the likely hood of being part of a series. Quite rare. Not in Deak, "Picturing America".

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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