MAKE A MEME View Large Image 1780 Citadel hill from Pt. Pleasant - NSARM.jpg en South Aspect of Halifax from near Point Pleasant Park ca 1780 A view taken from Point Pleasant Battery and Black Rock Point at Point Pleasant looking north to Citadel Hill Fort George and ...
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Keywords: 1780 Citadel hill from Pt. Pleasant - NSARM.jpg en South Aspect of Halifax from near Point Pleasant Park ca 1780 A view taken from Point Pleasant Battery and Black Rock Point at Point Pleasant looking north to Citadel Hill Fort George and showing Fort Massey Grand Battery the Lumber Yard Camp Hill and south and west of both Fort Massey and Fort George the pitched tents of various temporary military encampments The artist Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hicks was stationed in Halifax from 1778 to 1782 with the 70th Regiment of Foot His artwork graphically documents the posting of thousands of soldiers and sailors to the young settlement during the later years of the War of the American Revolution Medium aquatint with line etching sepia tone 38 cm x 52 cm ca 1780 NSARM accession no 1979-147 no 611 / neg no N-6462 http //www gov ns ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/archives asp ID 4 Artist Edward Hicks; engraved and published London England ca 1782 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard 1780 in Nova Scotia History of Halifax Nova Scotia Halifax Citadel
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