Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Wood Engraving - Original antique print
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1893
- Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.,
New York, 5 Bond Street
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light age toning of paper.
- Dimensions: 7 x 10.5 inches (17,5 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.
- Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
- Notes: 1.
Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting
background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print.
Original Narrative:
- Newburgh,
below Poughkeepsie but on the opposite side of the Hudson, is one of
the historical cities of the Union. Here Washington disbanded the
federal forces after the struggle for political independence had been
brought to a successful issue. The eminence which commands the river
south of Newburgh and Fishkill is crowned by the buildings of the West
Point Military Academy, founded in 1802. All the officers of the
Federal army receive their education at this establishment, which
occupies one of the finest sites in America, amid surroundings
calculated to leave a lasting impression on the minds of the young men
adopting the military career in the service of their country.
South of West Point the Hudson, escaping from the gorges of the
highlands, expands into the spacious Tappan Sea, which is overlooked on
the east side by the extensive buildings of the Sing Sing state prison.
The central structure is a huge limestone block nearly 500 feet long
and five stories high; here some of the convicts are employed in the
mechanical arts. Beyond Sing Sing the river again contracts at the foot
of the Palisades, where the crests and slopes of the hills are studded
with villas. Opposite the Palisades is the city of Yonkers, which,
although 15 miles from the Grand Central Depôt of New York, already
threatens to be absorbed in the rapidly expanding Empire City.
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