Iconography of Manhattan Island: Illustrations from the Publication

Item Information

The Bowling Green Washington

Dublin Core

Title

The Bowling Green Washington

Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --18th century.
Forts & fortifications -- New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.) --Description and travel --Views.
Washington, George

Description

The view in the background depicts the Fort, the Kennedy House, the Bowling Green with the pedestal of the statue of George III, and British troops and ships evacuating the city.

Creator

Buxton, Charles, 1768-1833
Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832

Source

Stokes, I. N. Phelps. The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York : Robert H. Dodd, 1915-1928. Electronic reproduction. v. 1. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2008.

Date

1798

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

I.N. Phelps Stokes

Citation

Plate 52 [no page number; following chapter 4]

Temporal Coverage

1783

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engravings

Citation

Buxton, Charles, 1768-1833 and Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832 , “The Bowling Green Washington,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 24, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/854.

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