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Scene of the engagement on Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778

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Image ID

808711


Item data

Title

Scene of the engagement on Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1778

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1905

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1778

Subjects

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- 1778
Rhode Island -- 1778
Campaigns & battles -- Rhode Island -- 1778
Hills -- Rhode Island -- 1778
Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778

Genres

Conjectural Works

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "From a print in the Gentlemen's Magazine, 1778." "339." Includes additional text.
Source Note: Harper''s encyclopaedia of United States history from 458 A.D. to 1905. (New York : Harper, c1905) Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891), Author.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 12 x 13 cm. (4 3/4 x 5 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613332
Barcode: 33333159312764
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9b7de5f0-c530-012f-8a20-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1905

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Scene of the engagement on Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b7de5f0-c530-012f-8a20-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905). Scene of the engagement on Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b7de5f0-c530-012f-8a20-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Scene of the engagement on Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b7de5f0-c530-012f-8a20-58d385a7bc34

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