Fort Lafayette, the federal Bastille for political prisioners
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Research CatalogImage ID
804882
Item data
Title
Fort Lafayette, the federal Bastille for political prisioners
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Forts
Names
Smyth (Wood engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1862-12-27
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-For
Subjects
Forts & fortifications -- New York (State) -- New York
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Prisons -- New York (State) -- New York
Rowboats
Fort Lafayette (N.Y.)
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Illustrated London news. (London : Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1842-).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 20 x 24 cm (7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17538297
Barcode: 33333159158126
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 606771f0-c55d-012f-47bb-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1862-12-27
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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. "Fort Lafayette, the federal Bastille for political prisioners" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1862. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/606771f0-c55d-012f-47bb-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1862). Fort Lafayette, the federal Bastille for political prisioners Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/606771f0-c55d-012f-47bb-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Fort Lafayette, the federal Bastille for political prisioners" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/606771f0-c55d-012f-47bb-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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