Artist/Maker
John Joseph Holland
(American, born England, 1776 – 1820)
Fort Fish from Nutter's Battery, New York City
1814
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite with touches of gouache and scratching out on paper laid on heavier paper (together with 1889.14)
Overall: 10 x 23 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 59.7 cm )
Deposited by the Common Council of the City of New York
1889.15
In 1814, in order to provide protection for the city of New York against a British invasion by way of the Long Island Sound, fortifications were erected at Hallett's Point on the Long Island shore, on Mill Rock in the East River, and a series of entrenchments, blockhouses and barrier gates were constructed across upper Manhattan Island. Nutter's Battery, located in today's Central Park, was named after local landowner Valentine Nutter.
The house visible in the distance was built in 1790 by Andrew and Margaret McGowan on the site of the former Black Horse Tavern.
Markingsinscription: lower center, ink: "Fort Fish from Nutter's Battery"
InscribedInscribed below image in brown ink: "Fort Fish from Nutters Battery"; verso of heavier paper inscribed vertically at lower left in brown ink: "No. 8."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
John Joseph Holland
1814
1889.18
