Item Information

New York from Brooklyn Heights; Drawn by Archibald Robertson on Aug. 6, 1778

Dublin Core

Title

New York from Brooklyn Heights; Drawn by Archibald Robertson on Aug. 6, 1778

Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --18th century.

New York (N.Y.) --Description and travel --Views.

Ships--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.

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. 5. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2008.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5800727_005/pages/ldpd_5800727_005_00000010.html?toggle=image&menu=maximize&top=&left=

Date

1778

Language

English

Additional Item Metadata

Temporal Coverage

1778

Spatial Coverage

New York

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Provenance

I.N. Phelps Stokes

Citation

Frontispiece I [no page number]

MODS

Key Date

1778

Type of Date

Exact

Repository Name

No repository

Language of Cataloging

English

Digital Origin

Reformatted digital

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sepia drawing

Citation

Robertson, Archibald, “New York from Brooklyn Heights; Drawn by Archibald Robertson on Aug. 6, 1778,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 8, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/3911.