Image of a topographical map of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, along the Schuylkill River during George Washington's army encampment during the American Revolutionary War; various sites labeled, including headquarters, counties, and redoubt sites; tiny military units illustrated at bottom right.
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
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Image of George Washington and his wife Martha Washington visiting troops in a wintery camp scene at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Christmas Day, 1777; George Washington stands at center with Martha on his arm and hand extended in greeting; soldiers gathered around a cook fire greet the Washingtons with salutes and raised hats; male African-American slave holds a pair of game birds behind Martha, presumably brought for the soldiers; ranks of soldiers stand at attention in background at right.
Image of three views: an elevated landscape view of Newburgh, New York, from across the Hudson River with steam ferry and sailboats in the foreground in lower half; an eye-level view of American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox's military headquarters building with cows, barns, and bridge over water in Mortonville, New York, in upper right; and an eye-level view of General George Washington's headquarters in Newburgh with soldiers with canons in upper left.
