Collection Highlights
Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.052.56.GrantUniform.Photos.
Medium:
Photograph
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Fort Fish from Nutter's Battery, New York City
Object Number:
1889.15
Date:
1814
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite with touches of gouache and scratching out on paper laid on heavier paper (together with 1889.14)
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 23 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 59.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower center, ink: "Fort Fish from Nutter's Battery"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in brown ink: "Fort Fish from Nutters Battery"; verso of heavier paper inscribed vertically at lower left in brown ink: "No. 8."
Gallery Label:
In 1814, in order to provide protection for the city of New York against a British invasion by way of the Long Island Sound, fortifications were erected at Hallett's Point on the Long Island shore, on Mill Rock in the East River, and a series of entrenchments, blockhouses and barrier gates were constructed across upper Manhattan Island. Nutter's Battery apparently derived its name from Valentine Nutter, whose house stood nearby.
Credit Line:
Deposited by the Common Council of the City of New York
Provenance:
The City of New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
