Image

Levon West

The Retreat from Long Island,

Description

Maker

Title

The Retreat from Long Island

Medium

plate tone

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

32.7 x 23.3 cm (12 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:numbered in pencil in UL and under platemark on left:10; signed under plate on right:Levon West imp. Verso:in pencil in LR:The Retreat from Long Island/original etching by Levon West/The General and Colonel Glover/are shown directing at night/one of the most astonishing and /successful retreats in military history/annals

Marks: Watermark:GW in a circle and:shield with stars and stripes with eagle over it

Type

Credit

Gift of Edward S. Brackett, Jr.

Object Number

56.041.10

About

The Retreat from Long Island
The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington

Original--Recto:numbered in pencil in UL and under platemark on left:10; signed under plate on right:Levon West imp. Verso:in pencil in LR:The Retreat from Long Island/original etching by Levon West/The General and Colonel Glover/are shown directing at night/one of the most astonishing and /successful retreats in military history/annals

Marks: Watermark:GW in a circle and:shield with stars and stripes with eagle over it

Use

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