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East view of Hell Gate, in the province of New York / W.A. Williams del. 1775. – Historic Photo Reproduction

East view of Hell Gate, in the province of New York / W.A. Williams del. 1775., 1778 April. — historic print
East view of Hell Gate, in the province of New York / W.A. Williams del. 1775., 1778 April.. Historic print 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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East view of Hell Gate, in the province of New York / W.A. Williams del. 1775.

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Hell Gate, the turbulent passage where the East River meets Long Island Sound, is the subject of this east view, drawn by W.A. Williams in 1775 and published in April 1778. Its appearance in *The London Magazine*, a British monthly, came during the Revolutionary War, when readers in England followed news from the American colonies closely. The etching shows the rocky shoals and tidal currents that made the strait feared by sailors, and it is worth noticing how the artist presents a working waterway as a scene of dramatic hazard.

Created / published1778 April.
Medium1 print : etching.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1770-1780.Landscape prints 1770-1780.Etchings 1770-1780.
NotesTitle from item. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1778 (April), p. 147. 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. 544.
SubjectsRivers--New York (State)--New York--1770-1780. Hell Gate (New York, N.Y.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 969 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123193

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