Thomas Johnston (engraver)
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Thomas Johnston was an American engraver, japanner, and heraldic painter in Colonial Boston. Johnston engraved the first print of an historical event in the Colonial America and was also the first man
The Old North Church organ, case restored in the 1990s to the 1759 Johnston version
Johnston's Prospect of Yale College engraving, 1749
A 1768 Jefferys engraving printed in London and based on the 1755 Johnston original
Fort William Henry
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Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort's construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French a
Thomas Johnston (engraver)
…above view of marching soldiers, on the right the view of the soldiers' camp and of the battle itself. The engraving also pictures the Hudson River, Fort William Henry and the New York town of Fort Edward. A pamphlet consisting of five pages describing the Battle plus a single page of advertisements accompanied this…
William Henry side