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A colored version of an 1814 engraving. A three-masted British frigate rides at anchor at center in tarnished-black hull and cream sails; a smaller warship at right; a rowboat with figures crosses the foreground water; the Highlands rise as a green forested bluff at the far left with the small pale Sandy Hook Lighthouse on the sandy shore beyond. Soft blue sky with a drifting cloud.
COLORIZED

The High Land of Never-sink and Sandy Hook Light House, 1814 · colorized

1814

Sandy Hook Lighthouse and the Highlands from the water (approx)

A colorized reinterpretation of the 1814 Joyce Gold engraving — the same scene of a British frigate at anchor off the Highlands with the Sandy Hook Lighthouse on the strand beyond, rendered as it might have looked to the officer who drew the original. The plate is black-and-white in the source; the color is an AI-assisted reinterpretation.

The engraving and an AI-colorized reinterpretation

A finely stippled black-and-white engraving. A three-masted British frigate with sails furled rides at anchor at center; a second smaller warship lies at right; a small rowboat with figures crosses the foreground water. On the far left horizon rises a low forested bluff labelled the High Land of Never-sink; a lighthouse marks the sandy shore beyond it. A soft cloud crowns the sky.
A colored version of an 1814 engraving. A three-masted British frigate rides at anchor at center in tarnished-black hull and cream sails; a smaller warship at right; a rowboat with figures crosses the foreground water; the Highlands rise as a green forested bluff at the far left with the small pale Sandy Hook Lighthouse on the sandy shore beyond. Soft blue sky with a drifting cloud.

Item record

Title
The High Land of Never-sink and Sandy Hook Light House, 1814 · colorized
Date
1814
Source
Colorized by Above the Hook · after J. E. and Baily, Joyce Gold Naval Chronicle Office, London, 30 March 1814
Contributor
Above the Hook · colorization of an 1814 engraving
Rights
Underlying engraving public domain (1814); colorization CC BY-SA · Above the Hook
Slug
never-sink-lighthouse-1814-colorized

Verification: unverified.

Cite this item

The High Land of Never-sink and Sandy Hook Light House, 1814 · colorized (1814). Colorized by Above the Hook · after J. E. and Baily, Joyce Gold Naval Chronicle Office, London, 30 March 1814 The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/never-sink-lighthouse-1814-colorized/.