A south west view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud ouest de la ville de New York, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale / drawn on the spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell, of the Royal Artillery ; engraved by P. Canot. – Vintage Photo Print
![A south west view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud ouest de la ville de New York, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale / drawn on the spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell, of the Royal Artillery ; engraved by P. Canot., [London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys at Charing Cross, [1768] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/62/6236fa0b7298-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of A south west view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud ouest de la ville de New York, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale / drawn on the spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell, of the Royal Artillery ; engraved by P. Canot.. 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, in North America Vue de sud ouest de la ville de New York, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale / drawn on the spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell, of the Royal Artillery ; engraved by P. Canot.
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Drawn on the spot by Capt. Thomas Howdell of the Royal Artillery, this etching shows New York from the southwest, a vantage that puts the harbor and waterfront at the center rather than the city's inland streets. The London publisher Thomas Jefferys issued it in 1768, and the engraver P. Canot turned Howdell's sketch into the finished plate. Views like this were prized in Britain as firsthand records of colonial America, and the print appeared only a few years before the disputes that led to the Revolution.
| Created / published | [London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys at Charing Cross, [1768] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Landscape prints 1760-1770.Etchings 1760-1770. |
| Notes | Title from item. Plate trimmed. DLC 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. 552. |
| Subjects | Rivers--New York (State)--New York--1760-1770. New York (N.Y.)--1760-1770. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,077 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128486 |
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