Iconography of Manhattan Island: Illustrations from the Publication

Item Information

View of the French Frigate &quot;L&#039;Active&quot; in the Hudson River about Oct. 12, 1789<br /><br />
[Drawn by Madame de Brehan]<br /><br />
(Plate 90-a)

Dublin Core

Title

View of the French Frigate "L'Active" in the Hudson River about Oct. 12, 1789
[Drawn by Madame de Brehan]
(Plate 90-a)
Sketch of Lispenard's Meadows
[Drawn by Alexander Anderson, probably shortly before 1800]
(Plate 90-b)

Subject

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

Description

Top: 90-a
Bottom: 90-b
Page labeled as 'Plate 90'

Creator

Madame de Brehan
Anderson, Alexander

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

Unknown
1799?

Language

English

Additional Item Metadata

Temporal Coverage

1789 1799

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

I.N. Phelps Stokes

Citation

Plate 90-a and Plate 90-b [no page number, within Original Grants and Farms]

MODS

Key Date

1799

Type of Date

Questionable

Repository Name

No repository

Language of Cataloging

English

Digital Origin

Reformatted digital

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Drawing

Citation

Madame de Brehan and Anderson, Alexander, “View of the French Frigate "L'Active" in the Hudson River about Oct. 12, 1789
[Drawn by Madame de Brehan]
(Plate 90-a),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 8, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/3877.

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