West Point and the Highlands, colour engraving by Samuel Valentine Hunt, 1869.
Depicted here is a view from the heights of the west bank of the Hudson River, looking northward along the valley. The United States Military Academy, also commonly referred to simply as "West Point," was established on the plateau here in 1802, transforming the original fortress, built to obstruct British navigation through the waterway in the American Revolutionary War, into a site to train the country's officer corps.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Hunt, S. V. (2025, October 06). View of the Hudson River Valley from West Point. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21160/view-of-the-hudson-river-valley-from-west-point/
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Hunt, Samuel Valentine. "View of the Hudson River Valley from West Point." World History Encyclopedia, October 06, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21160/view-of-the-hudson-river-valley-from-west-point/.
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Hunt, Samuel Valentine. "View of the Hudson River Valley from West Point." World History Encyclopedia, 06 Oct 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21160/view-of-the-hudson-river-valley-from-west-point/.
