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E. view of the city of New York, or: 41 S. view of the city of New York.

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Drawing shows (recto) distant view of New York City, with the Rutgers House in the foreground and the steeple of Trinity Church visible in the background, and (verso) a distant view of New York City, possibly from a point on Long Island near Red Hook.

Possibly by Thomas Davies.

Published in: The iconography of Manhattan island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sovrces and illvstrated by photo-intaglio reprodvctions ... / by I.N. Phelps Stokes. New York : R.H. Dodd, 1915-28, v. 1, p. 361.

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, nos. 545 (S. view) & 546 (E. view).

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history revolution houses new york state meadows rivers cityscapes ink drawings view 1770 new york city state line drawings documentary thomas davies i n phelps isaac newton phelps stokes city new york new amsterdam illumination of books and manuscripts iconography library of congress netherlands amsterdam
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01/01/1770
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Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812, artist
Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944.
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history revolution houses new york state meadows rivers cityscapes ink drawings view 1770 new york city state line drawings documentary thomas davies i n phelps isaac newton phelps stokes city new york new amsterdam illumination of books and manuscripts iconography library of congress netherlands amsterdam