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Miss McCrea taken by the Indians

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Image ID

808640


Item data

Title

Miss McCrea taken by the Indians

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1777

Names

Heath, A. (Engraver)
Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1857 (Approximate)
Place: London & New York

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1777

Subjects

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- 1777
McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777 -- Captivity, 1777
Indians of North America -- Men -- New York (State) -- Fort Edward -- 1777
horseback riding -- New York (State) -- Fort Edward -- 1777
Kidnappings

Genres

Conjectural Works

Physical Description

Steel engravings
Hand colored.
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 16 x 22 cm. (6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613337
Barcode: 33333159312053
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 837f59b0-c530-012f-603a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1857

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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. "Miss McCrea taken by the Indians" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/837f59b0-c530-012f-603a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1857). Miss McCrea taken by the Indians Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/837f59b0-c530-012f-603a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Miss McCrea taken by the Indians" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/837f59b0-c530-012f-603a-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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