About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1672
  • TitleRedcoats land near Fort Hamilton
  • SummaryDrawing. Troop of British foot soldiers marching along road under command of officer on horseback; ships in harbor at right; couple fleeing from clapboard house behind split rail fence at left. Caption: "The Redcoats land near Fort Hamilton. The Simon Cortelyou house at the left. August 22, 1776."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 drawing: black & white; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 3, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectSoldiers ; Marching ; Wooden-frame houses ; Historic buildings ; Ships
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceFort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: New Utrecht: Old