Attaque de l'Armée des Provinciaux dans Long Island du 27 Août, 1776 [Map showing the attack of the provincial army on Long Island, August 27, 1776]
This map of Staten Island, Long Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan, New Jersey and Westchester, shows American and British troop positions during the Battle of Long Island (or Battle of Brooklyn), on August 27, 1776. This was the the first major engagement to follow the publication of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. American troops under George Washington faced the British under William Howe. The map locates American defensive positions on Brooklyn Heights and in Gowanus, as well as British troop positions and movements from Staten Island to Gravesend, Long Island, then into Brooklyn. This Parisian publication issued by Le Rouge was based on one that Bowles & Kearsley published in London on October 24, 1776 using drawings made by a British officer.
Artwork Details
- Title: Attaque de l'Armée des Provinciaux dans Long Island du 27 Août, 1776 [Map showing the attack of the provincial army on Long Island, August 27, 1776]
- Publisher: Georges Louis Le Rouge (French, born Hanover, ca. 1707–ca. 1790)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1776
- Medium: Hand-colored engraving and etching; first state
- Dimensions: plate: 14 3/4 x 13 7/16 in. (37.5 x 34.1 cm)
sheet: 21 7/16 x 16 9/16 in. (54.5 x 42.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
- Object Number: 83.2.990
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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