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A Plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey, with a particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776, between His Majesty's Forces Commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, Shewing also the Landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the Taking of the City of New-York &c. on the 15th of September following, with the Subsequent Disposition of Both the Armies [The Howe War Plan]

[October 19, 1776], reissued October 4, 1777
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  • Title: A Plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey, with a particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776, between His Majesty's Forces Commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, Shewing also the Landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the Taking of the City of New-York &c. on the 15th of September following, with the Subsequent Disposition of Both the Armies [The Howe War Plan]
  • Artist: William Faden the Younger (British, London 1749–1836 Shepperton)
  • Date: [October 19, 1776], reissued October 4, 1777
  • Medium: Hand-colored engraving; fifth state
  • Dimensions: plate: 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (52.1 x 43.8 cm)
    sheet: 29 5/8 x 21 3/16 in. (75.2 x 53.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1313
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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