Siege Battery, West Point, (painting).

Siege Battery, West Point, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Siege Battery, West Point, (painting).

Battery Schofield, (painting).

26 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.

Scene of the Battery Schofield with three heavy siege guns in foreground. On the left is shown Target Hill with white painted target. In the distance is Polopel's Island, called Bannerman's Island after 1902. On the right is Constitution Island and in the river are three sailing sloops.

Landscape -- New York -- West Point

Architecture -- Military -- Battery Schofield

Architecture -- Military -- Fort

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Landscape -- River -- Hudson River

Architecture -- Boat -- Sailboat

United States Department of the Army, United States Military Academy, West Point Museum, West Point, New York 10996 Accession Number: 15,309

Title had been reported in 1976 as "Battery Schofield." Title reported in 1996 was "Siege Battery, West Point."

West Point Museum, 1976, 1996.

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