Title
A South East View of the City of New York, in NORTH AMERICA = Vue du Sud Est de la Ville de New York, dans L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE. / Drawn on the SPOT by Cap.t Thomas Howdell of the Royal Artillery ; Engraved by P. Canot.
Creator
Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published according to Act of Parliament by Tho.s Jefferys at Charing Cross, [around 1768]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark 36 x 52.6 cm, on sheet 37 x 53.5 cm
Description
Two men sit on a hillock under a palm tree, with a view of New York across fields and wooden fences beyond, including the Prison at left, the City Hall and New College in the middle and Staten Island at right; Hudson River in the background and key to the print below.
Place
New York (N.Y.)
Additional information
Reproduced as an illustration in Scenographia Americana, published by John Bowles in 1768.
Other persons
Howdell, Thomas, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.121.38.c.