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A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island – Historic Photo Reproduction

A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island, [London] : Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr., near St. John's Gate, 1776 Novr. 1. — historic print
A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island, [London] : Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr., near St. John's Gate, 1776 Novr. 1.. Historic print from the Governors Island National Monument 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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A window into the past: A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Seen from Long Island, this view takes in Governors Island and the East River, with the city of New York rising on the far shore. The plate is a copy of an engraving Pierre Canot made in 1768, reissued in London in 1776 by A. Hamilton Jr. and printed in the October 1776 number of *The Town and Country Magazine*. Its appearance that year gave British readers a picture of a city that had just come under British control after the Battle of Long Island in late August 1776. Because the plate reuses an earlier design, it shows New York as it looked before the Revolution, when the harbor was busy with shipping.

Created / published[London] : Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr., near St. John's Gate, 1776 Novr. 1.
Medium1 print : etching.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1770-1780.Panoramic views 1770-1780.Landscape prints 1770-1780.Etchings 1770-1780.
NotesTitle from item. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., October 1776, p. 537. Copy of engraving from 1768 by P. Canot. 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. 265.
SubjectsLong Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776. New York (N.Y.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,036 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122580

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