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An original sketch of the ruins of Trinity Church N. York -- taken by an English officer during the revolution

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Title

An original sketch of the ruins of Trinity Church N. York -- taken by an English officer during the revolution

Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --18th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) --Description and travel --Views.
Churches

Description

The possible author is listed as Lord Rawdon, who later in life became Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of Hastings

Creator

Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, attributed to

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

1776?
1784?

Additional Item Metadata

Temporal Coverage

1780

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

New York Public Library (Emmet Collection)

Citation

Plate 49 [no page number; following chapter 3]

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Watercolors

Citation

Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, attributed to, “An original sketch of the ruins of Trinity Church N. York -- taken by an English officer during the revolution,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 19, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/1262.

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