Name/Title
PLAIN OF WEST POINT AT THE MOMENT OF EXERCISEEntry/Object ID
L.2007.222Description
Colored lithograph of spectators watching cadets drilling at west point: in the foreground is a lone of fashionably dressed figures, some of the men on horseback, with their backs to the viewer; below them is four lines of cadets in blue coats marching on a field; they are carrying small American flags and a large flag flies atop a pole to the left; there is a small building on the near side of the field and a larger one on the far side; in the background is a bend in the Hudson river, bordered on either side by the highlands; a border of two simple lines surrounds the image; above the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "2e Livrason [2nd Edition];" in center is printed, "AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE. ÉTAT DE NEW-YORK;" on far right is printed, "Pl.3.;" below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "Lithographié par L. Sabatier, Fig par V. Adam."; on far right corner is printed, "Dessiné d'après nature par J. Milbert."; below on left is printed the title in French, "Plaine de West Point au moment de l'exercise."; in center enclosed in a circle is printed, "No. 7."; on right is printed the title in English, "Plain of West Point at the moment of exercise."; below on left is printed the title in Latin, "West-Point planities asdpecta dum Tirones Exercentur."; in center is printed, "Imp. Lith. de Bove dirigée par Noël ainé & Ce."; on right is printed the title in German, "Ebene von West Point im augenblick des Exercitiens."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Watercolor, Paper (wove), ink, watercolorMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Jacques Gérard MilbertAttribution
ArtistArtist
Léon Jean-Baptiste SabatierAttribution
LithographerArtist
Victor-Jean AdamAttribution
MakerArtist
BoveAttribution
PrinterManufacturer
Henri GaugainDate made
1828 - 1829Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
11-5/8 inWidth
16-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. (29.5 x 41.9 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Mounted on wove paper at time of publication, possibly remounted later on current gilt-edged wove paper; writing in pencil, bottom corners; currently mounted on cardboard with glue; wrinkled along bottom.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William DieboldNotes
Former ownerGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Diebold Box #41
Written in pencil on print is "50-."Note Type
General NoteNote
Plain of West Point is number 7 in "Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties latérales de l’Amérique du Nord". Published by H. Gaugain and Co. in 1828-9, Jacques Milbert completed the illustrations Picturesque Itinerary during a stay in America between 1815 and 1823. The drawings were made into lithographs by numerous English lithographers.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B10Note Type
DepartmentNote
Library