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General George Washington directing the retreat from Brooklyn Heights to New York, 30 August 1776, following the Battle of Long Island. Steel engraving, circa 1860, by James Charles Armytage after a painting by Michael Angelo Wageman.
(The Granger Collection, New York)
(The Granger Collection, New York)