Iconography of Manhattan Island: Illustrations from the Publication

Item Information

&quot;View of the Narrows between Long Island and Staten Island wt. our fleet at anchor and Lord Howe coming in&quot; [Drawn by Archibald Robertson, July 12, 1776]<br /><br />
(Plate 85-a)

Dublin Core

Title

"View of the Narrows between Long Island and Staten Island wt. our fleet at anchor and Lord Howe coming in" [Drawn by Archibald Robertson, July 12, 1776]
(Plate 85-a)
"View of the opening of our Batterys at Hell Gate upon the Rebel Works at Walton's house" [Drawn by Archibald Robertson, Sept. 8, 1776]
(Plate 85-b)

Subject

New York, N.Y. --History --18th century.
Ships--New York (State)--New York--History
New York (N.Y.) --Description and travel --Views.

Description

Top: 85-a
Bottom: 85-b
Page labeled as 'Plate 84'

Creator

Robertson, Archibald

Source

Stokes, I. N. Phelps. The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York : Robert H. Dodd, 1915-1928. Electronic reproduction. v. 6. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2008.

Date

1776

Language

English

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

New York

Provenance

New York Public Library (Spencer Collection)

Citation

Plate 85-a and Plate 85-b [no page number, within Original Grants and Farms]

Temporal Coverage

1776

MODS

Key Date

1776

Type of Date

Exact

Repository Name

No repository

Language of Cataloging

English

Digital Origin

Reformatted digital

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Drawing

Citation

Robertson, Archibald, “"View of the Narrows between Long Island and Staten Island wt. our fleet at anchor and Lord Howe coming in" [Drawn by Archibald Robertson, July 12, 1776]
(Plate 85-a),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 20, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/3870.

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