Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Vue du Sud Est de New York dans l'Amerique Septentrionale // [A south east view of the City of New York, in North America].
Call Number
A Middle 40/Drawer 06/GC077/Half Folio/18th c. GA 2012.01404
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcgt54m243b
Publisher
London : [s.n.], n.d. [1768]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1768
Extent
1 item ; sheet 49.3 x 61.2 cm.
References
Stokes, Iconography, vol. I, p. 285
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Landscape with distant view of waterfront city in background, two colonial men seated on ground in foreground.
Inscribed in plate, lower margin: "1. New Colledge 2. Old English Church 3. City Hall 4. French Church 5. North River 6. Staten Island 7. The Prison".
Signed in plate, lower center: "Drawn on the Spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell of the Royal Artillery. Engraved by P. Canot".

Discovery Information

Subject
Cities and towns—New York (State)—New York—In art
Landscapes—New York (State)—New York
Landscapes—United States
Columbia University—Buildings—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/b5ac164c-dd20-42a0-bf34-7e292dae1e78/manifest