top image: 1889.18; bottom image: 1889.19

Artist/Maker John Joseph Holland (American, born England, 1776 – 1820)

Fort Stevens looking up the Sound

1814

Place madeNew York, United States, North America

Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and touches of gouache on paper laid on heavier paper (together with 1889.18)

Overall: 12 x 24 3/4 in. ( 30.5 x 62.9 cm )

Deposited by the Common Council of the City of New York

1889.19

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. The cornerstone of Fort Stevens was laid on July 14, 1814.

DescriptionMilitary.

Markingsinscription: lower center, ink: "Fort Stevens looking up the Sound"

InscribedInscribed below image in brown ink: "Fort Stevens Looking up the Sound."; verso of heavier paper inscribed vertically at lower left in brown ink: "No. 16"

ClassificationsDRAWINGS