Fort Erie: Defense of the Block House
Description
- Creator
- Albert Newsam, Artist
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Prints
- Description
- An ink print created in the United States of America depicting the Siege of Fort Erie, one of the last and most protracted engagements between British and American forces during the Niagara campaign of the American War of 1812. The Americans successfully defended Fort Erie against the British Army but subsequently abandoned it because of shortage of supplies.
- Inscriptions
- Above the image it reads: Sergt Farquahr Lieut Watmough
- Date of Original
- 1823
- Date Of Event
- 1812
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 1291
Image Height: 859
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- SNPL000047v00i
- Collection
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 42.91262 Longitude: -78.92536
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- Donor
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses are subject to the terms of a contract. Contact the repository for further information. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Located in River Brink Art Museum
- Contact
- Six Nations Public LibraryEmail:info@snpl.ca
Website:
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