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A south west view of the city of New York, taken from the Governours Island at* [NW tip of island] – Antique Photo Print

A south west view of the city of New York, taken from the Governours Island at* [NW tip of island] — antique engraving
A south west view of the city of New York, taken from the Governours Island at* [NW tip of island]. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of A south west view of the city of New York, taken from the Governours Island at* [NW tip of island]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A south west view of the city of New York, taken from the Governours Island at* [NW tip of island]

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From the northwest tip of Governors Island, this view looks southwest across New York Harbor toward the lower end of Manhattan, as the city stood in the 1770s. The island sits at the meeting point of the Hudson and East rivers, so whoever controlled it could watch ships entering and leaving the city's waterfront. British forces occupied New York from 1776 until 1783, and the harbor and its islands were central to that long wartime presence. The photoengraving itself was made much later, probably between 1915 and 1928, so it reproduces an eighteenth-century scene for twentieth-century viewers.

Medium1 photomechanical print : photoengraving.
Notes[between 1915 and 1928]
SubjectsNew York (N.Y.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,062 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122751

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