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The capture of El Caney

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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American History -- 1890s

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The capture of El Caney

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Title
The capture of El Caney
Names
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 (Artist)
Witte (Wood-engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1890s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1890s
Topics
Spanish-American War, 1898
El Caney, Battle of, El Caney, Cuba, 1898
United States -- 1890-1899
Campaigns & battles -- Cuba -- El Caney -- 1890-1899
Soldiers -- American -- Cuba -- El Caney -- 1890-1899
Barbed wire -- 1890-1899
War casualties -- Cuba -- El Caney -- 1890-1899
Corliss, Major
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "The Seventh Regular Infantry, charging through the fields at the north of El Caney, are cutting their way through the wire fence. Major Corliss, who is prominent in the foreground of the picture, was at this time pierced through the shoulder by a Mauser bullet." Printed on image below Christy's signature: "from notes [illegible] 1898."
Source note: Harper''s pictorial history of the war with Spain / with an introduction by Nelson A. Miles. (New York Harper 1899) Miles, Nelson Appleton (1839-1925), Author of introduction.
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 16 x 21 cm. (6 x 8 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17168689
Barcode: 33333159328877
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 46f642c0-c533-012f-e154-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1873: Creator Born
  • 1899: Issued
  • 1952: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The capture of El Caney" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ff8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The capture of El Caney" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ff8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899). The capture of El Caney Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ff8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The capture of El Caney