Robert Havell, Jr.
View of West Point, United States Military Academy

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Artist Robert Havell, Jr. (American, 1793–1878)American, 1793–1878

ArtistPublished by Ackermann & Co. (London)London

CultureAmerican

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View of West Point, United States Military Academy

Date1848

Place depictedWest Point, New York, United States

PlaceNew York , New York, United States

MediumAquatint, etching, and engraving with watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPlate: 16 1/8 × 23 7/8 in. (41 × 60.6 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 25 in. (47.9 × 63.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Jack Trotter and Edward Gaylord at "One Great Night in November, 1989"

Object numberB.89.16

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DescriptionArtist Robert Havell, Jr. is best known as the principal engraver of the plates used in John James Audubon’s Birds of America. Havell became an associate of Audubon, eventually leaving England to reside in New York’s Hudson Valley, where he turned his talents to painting. Because it commanded a key point on the Hudson River, the prime route between New York City and Montreal, military professionals understood and valued West Point’s strategic significance, especially during the American Revolution. In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation establishing the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Provenance[Susan Sheehan, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History"Seeing Audubon: Robert Havell, Jr., and The Birds of America," Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, December 20, 2021–April 3, 2022.
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Inscribed below image: Fort Putnam. Crows Nest. Cementery. Cornwell. Pollopels Island. N. Windsor. Newburgh. Magazine. H. R. Rail Road. Grand Sachem. / Hotel. Kosciusko Monument. Cold Springs. New Barracks Chapel. Academic Hall. Foundry / VIEW OF WEST POINT, / UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, / Painted by Robt.[t superscript with period[.] underneath] Havell, from Fort Putnam. / Published by Robt.[t superscript with period[.] underneath] Havell, Sing Sing _ W.A. Colman, 203 Broadway Williams & Stevens 353 Broadway, N. York. / Ackermann & Co.[o superscript with period [.] underneath] 96 Strand, London

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