[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and the lighthouse on Sandy Hook, New Jersey] – Antique Wall Art
![[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and the lighthouse on Sandy Hook, New Jersey], [London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J.F.W. DesBarres Esqr., 1777 Octr. 4. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0e/0e33b74ed257-L.webp)
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A window into the past: [Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and the lighthouse on Sandy Hook, New Jersey], preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Views of the coastline of New York, Long Island, Staten Island, and the lighthouse on Sandy Hook, New Jersey]
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Among the views in *The Atlantic Neptune*, this print is distinguished by its lighthouse on Sandy Hook, New Jersey, a landmark that guided ships approaching New York Harbor. Joseph F. W. des Barres, a surveyor in the Royal Navy, produced the atlas for naval use during the American Revolution, and this aquatint with etching shows the shoreline as a mariner would have seen it from offshore. The coasts of Long Island and Staten Island appear alongside the lighthouse, so the sheet reads as a navigational aid as much as a picture. Published in London in 1777, when British forces held New York City, it reflects the military interest in controlling and charting the approaches to the port.
| Created / published | [London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J.F.W. DesBarres Esqr., 1777 Octr. 4. |
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| Medium | 1 print : aquating with etching. |
| Genre | Marine prints 1770-1780.Intaglio prints 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. 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, no. 539-543. |
| Subjects | Rivers--New York (State)--1770-1780. Lighthouses--New Jersey--Sandy Hook--1770-1780. New York (N.Y.)--1770-1780. Sandy Hook (N.J.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,081 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123150 |
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