Fort Edward (No. 10 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

We look upriver in this print from a turnpike road that descends towards the Hudson, eleven miles north of the Fort Miller Bridge (the work is out of order in the Portfolio, and should follow plate 7 to replicate an accurate descent of the river). The related text emphasizes the region's tumultuous history, noting that although, "the ploughshare now peacefully turns up the soil moistened by the blood of thousands...the memory of days of glorious enterprise remains vigorous...and the scene of their operation will be held sacred to remotest ages."