Battle of Queenston Heights Engraving: Oct. 13, 1813

Description

Sponsors

This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.

Creator

T. Sutherland, but original was by James Dennis, Artist

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Wood engravings

Description

This engraving shows American troops (shown in blue uniforms) crossing the Niagara River and landing at Queenston. British and Canadian troops (shown in red uniforms) under General Isaac Brock came out of Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) and drove the Americans back to the heights. Seeing this, New York militiamen still on the American shore refused to cross into Canada to reinforce the troops there. General Brock was killed during an advance towards the doomed Americans on the heights.

This copy was done by T. Sutherland c. 1880s and the original sketch was made by James Dennis (1796-1855), the senior British officer at Queenston when the Americans first landed. His grenadier company of the 49th (the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot fought throughout the battle. (Original: Library and Archives Canada, C-000276, Canadian Military Heritage: http://www.phmc-cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/en/image_310.asp)

Date of Original

1866-99

Date Of Event

1812

Subject(s)

Engravings
War of 1812
Brock, Isaac, 1769-1812
Battle of Queenston Heights
Dennis, James (1796-1855)

Local identifier

988.254

Geographic Coverage

Queenston Heights

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.15012 Longitude: -79.04957

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