Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Vue de Sud Ouest de la Ville de New York, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale // [A south west view of the City of New York in North America].
Call Number
A Middle 40/Drawer 06/GC077/Half Folio/18th c. GA 2012.01402
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcz603rb820
Publisher
London : [s.n.], n.d. [1768]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1768
Extent
1 item ; sheet 49 x 66 cm.
References
Stokes, Iconography, vol. I, p. 285
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Inscribed in plate, below: "1. The Harbour 2. Nutting Island 3. Staten Island 4. Long Island 5. Rutgars House 6. South River 7. Brew House".
Signed in plate, lower center: "Drawn on the Spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell of the Royal Artillery. Engraved by P. Canot".
Depiction: Landscape with distant view of waterfront city at right, several colonial buildings in foreground.
Signed in plate: 'Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill.'

Discovery Information

Subject
Landscapes—New York (State)—New York
Harbors—New York (State)—New York—In art
Landscapes—United States
Cities and towns—New York (State)—New York—In art
Rivers—New York (State)—In art
Landscapes—Northeastern States

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7b4af431-0bb4-4792-ab97-9894e9731b60/manifest