Keywords: The fall of New Amsterdam cph.3g12217.jpg Artwork oil on canvas Print shows Peter Stuyvesant in 1664 standing on shore among residents of New Amsterdam who are pleading with him not to open fire on the British who have arrived in warships waiting in the harbor to claim the territory for England Postcard published by The Foundation Press Inc 1932 Reproduction of oil painting from series The Pageant of a Nation LOC-image cph 3g12217 PD-old-auto 1930 PD-US-not renewed Jean Leon Gerome Ferris Peter Stuyvesant New Amsterdam 1664 in New York City |