[Panoramic view of Newport, Rhode Island and the harbor showing the position of the French fleet and troop encampments]

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[Panoramic view of Newport, Rhode Island and the harbor showing the position of the French fleet and troop encampments]
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Title:
[Panoramic view of Newport, Rhode Island and the harbor showing the position of the French fleet and troop encampments]
Date:
[1780]
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Manuscripts
Genre:
Views
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Newport (R.I.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Newport (R.I.)--History--18th century--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Places:
Rhode Island > Newport (county) > Newport
Extent:
1 view : ink and watercolor on paper, 24 x 122 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Language:
French
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Title and date from verso.
Similar to a Revolutionary War era watercolor of Newport illustrated in vol. II (view 11) of The American Campaigns of Rochambeau's Army. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Univ. Press, 1972.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_009584
LCCN:
2004670218