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A colorized version of the 1865 Illustrated London News engraving. A long low granite fort in weathered grey runs across the middle distance under a soft blue sky; a boatyard with masts stands behind it; a US flag flies on a mast at right; a two-masted schooner crosses the foreground on a slate-green sea.
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The New Fort near Sandy Hook, 1865 · colorized reinterpretation

1865-04-29

Sandy Hook Point · site of the unfinished granite fort

A colorized reinterpretation of the Illustrated London News engraving of the unfinished granite fort at Sandy Hook Point. The fort's long north face runs across the middle distance in weathered granite grey; a spar-bristled boatyard and a small US flag stand on the shore behind; a two-masted schooner crosses the foreground on a slate-green sea.

The engraving and an AI-colorized reinterpretation

A black-and-white wood engraving of a long low granite fort seen from the water. The fort's north face runs across the middle distance with regular tiers of gun embrasures; a boatyard with masts and spars stands on the shore behind it; a small US flag flies on a mast at right; a two-masted fishing schooner with sails set passes across the foreground water. Caption below reads THE NEW FORT NEAR SANDY HOOK, AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE BAY OF NEW YORK.
A colorized version of the 1865 Illustrated London News engraving. A long low granite fort in weathered grey runs across the middle distance under a soft blue sky; a boatyard with masts stands behind it; a US flag flies on a mast at right; a two-masted schooner crosses the foreground on a slate-green sea.

Item record

Title
The New Fort near Sandy Hook, 1865 · colorized reinterpretation
Date
1865-04-29
Source
Colorized by Above the Hook · after the Illustrated London News, 29 April 1865
Contributor
Above the Hook · colorization of an 1865 engraving
Rights
Underlying engraving public domain (1865); colorization CC BY-SA · Above the Hook
Slug
new-fort-sandy-hook-iln-1865-colorized

Verification: unverified.

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The New Fort near Sandy Hook, 1865 · colorized reinterpretation (1865-04-29). Colorized by Above the Hook · after the Illustrated London News, 29 April 1865 The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/new-fort-sandy-hook-iln-1865-colorized/.