About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0109
  • TitleBanner used in Prison Ship Martyrs parade
  • SummaryClose-up of banner, used in Prison Ship Martyrs parade in 1808, with superimposed words, "Mortals avaunt, 11500, spirits of the martyred brave, approach the tomb of honour, of glory, of virtuous patriotism."
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteInscribed on verso: "Brooklyn Eagle." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectBanners -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Parks: Fort Greene Park: Prison Ship Martyrs Monument