Subject: West Point, New York
Period: 1883 (dated)
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Color: Printed Color
Size:
20.9 x 26.4 inches
53.1 x 67.1 cm
A highly detailed and accurate plan of the Military Academy extends to include the Delafield Reservoir, observatory and the Engineer's Gardens. There is good detail of the fortified Fort Clinton and its batteries. The legend identifies 44 important buildings, including hospitals, magazines, cadet guard house, cadet laundry, hotel, stables and rail-road workshops. Precisely and fully engraved with red overprinting to indicate the location of the proposed new Academic Building and Gymnasium. Engraved from the original by H.C. Evans with title and lettering by E.A. Maedel.
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Condition: A
Issued folding on a clean sheet with a hint of offsetting at bottom.