Both the West Point and Verplanck’s Point panoramas are unfinished. It is not clear why. However, the unfinished areas in both scenes show how L’Enfant first sketched out the images and then added shading and color.

Detail from Panoramic View of Verplanck’s Point
Painted by Pierre Charles L’Enfant
September-October 1782
Watercolor, Ink, Graphite, and Paper
Museum of the American Revolution, Gift of the Landenberger Family Foundation

Both the West Point and Verplanck’s Point panoramas are unfinished. It is not clear why. However, the unfinished areas in both scenes show how L’Enfant first sketched out the images and then added shading and color.

Detail of Panoramic View of West Point
Painted by Pierre Charles L’Enfant
August 1782
Watercolor, Ink, Graphite, and Paper
Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.