Prison Ship Martyrs Monument

Image represented is one of a related set (PARK 0117, PARK 0119, PARK 0107), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views, in different sizes, of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park. Caption (0119): "The monument, a stately granite shaft ... was constructed in 1908, from plans by architect Stanford White, as a memorial to more than 1,200 Revolutionary patriots who died on board the British prison ships anchored in Wallabout Bay and whose bones are now preserved in a vault at its base." 0119 shows monument being repaired. One of the images is not dated.