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From Old Fort Niagara
2024 is the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the 8th Regiment of Foot at Fort Niagara. The regiment’s commander, Lt. Col. John Caldwell ...
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
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It's not easy photographing smaller figures but Richard has done an excellent job. These miniatures are excellent. He says 'The...
Very interesting! Thanks. One of the clichés associated with the more famous West painting of the death of Wolfe was that West was revolutionary in his depiction of his heroic subject in modern clothing, rather than the toga of the Classical period.
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Penny's painting, a decade earlier, demonstrates that West's work was not quite so revolutionary as commonly claimed.