image credit Royal Ontario Museum/Bridgeman Images | Licence: All Rights Reserved
image credit Royal Ontario Museum/Bridgeman Images | Licence: All Rights Reserved

View of the Hudson River from Fort Knyphansen

Date

18th century

Artist

Thomas Davies

Acknowledgements

Bridgeman Images

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Description

Fort Washington was renamed Fort Knyphansen by British forces who captured it from American Patriots in 1776. Today, the fort which once guarded New York City has been subsumed within it but a plaque commemorates the spot where it stood in Bennett Park.

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

image credit Royal Ontario Museum/Bridgeman Images

From the Watercolour World

Location

Fort Washington Avenue, New York, USA

Country

USA

Medium

Watercolour