CIVIL War CDV Photo Washington's Headquarters Newburgh Ny Cannon Artillery View

  

CIVIL WAR CDV PHOTO WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS NEWBURGH NY CANNON ARTILLERY VIEW. AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR PERIOD CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 2 3/8 INCHES BY 3 15/16 CHES. THIS IS A GENUINE 1860S ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON ORIGINAL THICK CARDSTOCK WITH A DOUBLE LINED GEOMETRIC BORDER. THIS IS A SCARCE, UNCOMMON UNIFORM OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE VIEW OF HASBROUCK HOUSE IN NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, WHICH SERVED AS GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS AT THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. KEY FEATURES OF THIS VIEW.

WARTIME MILITARY ORDNANCE: THE LAWN FEATURES TWO EXCELLENT REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA MILITARY FIELD PIECES / CANNONS DISPLAYED PROMINENTLY IN FRONT OF THE STONE HOUSE. PERIOD FIGURE: A CIVILIAN MAN, LIKELY THE APPOINTED MID 1860's HISTORIC SITE CARETAKER OR CUSTODIAN, IS CAPTURED STANDING PROUDLY ON THE GRASS NEAR THE FIELD GUNS. RARE TYPOGRAPHICAL PRINTING ERROR ON REVERSE: THE REVERSE OF THE CARD FEATURES A HEAVILY TYPESET HISTORICAL NARRATIVE LABEL FROM THE 1860S WITH A FASCINATING PERIOD MISPRINT ON THE FOURTH LINE.

THE TYPESETTER ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED A SPACE AND MISSPELLED THE PRESIDENTS NAME, READING: "USED BY GENL WASTINGTONAS HIS HEADQUARTERS" (INSTEAD OF WASHINGTON AS HIS HEADQUARTERS). UNCORRECTED PERIOD PRESS ERRORS LIKE THIS ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE FOR EPHEMERA HISTORIANS.

THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE YEAR 1750, AND WAS USED BY GENL WASTINGTONAS HIS HEADQUARTERS DURING A PART OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE "CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES" WAS ISSUED HERE, MARCH 19TH 1783, AND ON THE MORNING OF NOV 3D, 1783, THE PATRIOT ARMY ENCAMPED AT NEWBURGH, ASSEMBLED FOR THE LAST TIME ON THE GROUNDS AROUND HEADQUARTERS.

AT THE HEAD OF EACH REGIMENT, AND CORPS, THE PROCLAMATION OF CONGRESS, AND THE FAREWELL ORDERS OF WASHINGTON WERE READ, AND THE FORMAL AND LAST WORD OF COMMAND PASSED ALONG THE LINES. THE PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITS EXCELLENT SHARP FOCUS AND STRIKING TONAL CONTRAST FOR A MOUNTED IMAGE OF THIS AGE. THE MOUNT SHOWS MINOR HISTORICAL CORNER BUMPING AND WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AN AUTHENTIC MID 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH, FULLY SUBSTANTIATING ITS ERA COMPARED TO LATER REPRODUCTIONS.

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