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Title: [Scenes from the War of 1812.]
Image ID: 809094
Image ID 809094
Creators: Bonwill, Charles E. H., b. ca. 1836, artist
Meeder, P., engraver
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 14 x 19 cm. (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Illustrations
United States -- 1810-1819
United States -- History -- War Of 1812
Indians Of North America -- New York (State) -- 1810-1819
Dining Rooms -- New York (State) -- 1810-1819
Eating & Drinking -- New York (State) -- 1810-1819
Naval Warfare -- New York (State) -- 1810-1819
Ships -- New York (State) -- 1810-1819
Notes: Printed on border: "While celebrating victories that enveloped the little American navy upon the ocean in a blaze of glory, and with fleets in readiness to dispute th[e] [s]overeignty of her lakes, New York shuddered at the war cry of the savages in the wilds of Ohio as they made their easterly way in the bloody word [ex]termination begun at Chicago and turned oceanward only to find earess from her harbor effectually closed by the great ships of the haughty for." Image torn along edges.
Barcode Number: 33333159316534
Struc ID: 580507
Source: Source information is not available
In Folder: American history -- 1810s   View All images from Folder

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