“Scene on Battery Point, New York”

Fig. 30. Robert Cruickshank, “Scene on Battery Point, New York,” in Hugo Playfair and Robert Cruikshank, The Playfair Papers, or, Brother Jonathan, the Smartest Nation in All Creation, vol. 1 of 3 (London: Saunders and Otley, 1841). Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.

From Fashion Nation: Picturing the United States in the Long Nineteenth Century by Sandra Tomc

Two American men wearing country dress, including Brother Jonathan in red striped pants, converse on Battery Point with three gentlemen travellers.
Creator(s)	Cruikshank, Robert
Contributor(s)	Playfair, Hugo
Subjects	Literary Studies:19th Century Literature American Studies
Date	1841
Related Section	Chapter 1
Keywords	Uncle Sam ethnic dress ethnic costumes folk dress Playfair Papers America Brother Jonathan national costumes nineteenth-century tourism
Content Type	hand coloured engraving
Language	English
Citable Link	Citable Link

Rightsholder	Brandon B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
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Credit Line	L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Holding Contact	L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

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