Abandoning the Acteon, 1776
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808583
Item data
Title
Abandoning the Acteon, 1776
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1776
Names
Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 (Artist)
Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931 (Wood-engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1876
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1776
Subjects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- 1776
Men -- United States -- 1776
Ships -- Abandoning of -- United States -- 1776
Acteon (Ship) -- United States -- 1776
Fort Moultrie, Battle of, S.C., 1776
Ship equipment & rigging
Lifeboats
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Engraved by Cole." "Charleston Harbor, June 1776."
Source Note: The Aldine : the art journal of America. (New York : The Aldine Co., 1868-1879).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 28 x 21 cm. (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168638
Barcode: 33333159311485
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4b06be60-c530-012f-f4a1-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1876
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Abandoning the Acteon, 1776" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b06be60-c530-012f-f4a1-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1876). Abandoning the Acteon, 1776 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b06be60-c530-012f-f4a1-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Abandoning the Acteon, 1776" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b06be60-c530-012f-f4a1-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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