COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
04517
accession_no
04517
Accession number
false
Record number:
04517
record_number
04517
Record number
false
JCB call number:
En76 H854t 2
jcb_call_no
En76 H854t 2
JCB call number
false
Image title:
A South West View of the City of New York in North America. Vue du Sud Ouest de la Ville de New York dans l'Amerique septentrionale.
image_title
A South West View of the City of New York in North America. Vue du Sud Ouest de la Ville de New York dans l'Amerique septentrionale.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Thomas Howdell
creator1
Thomas Howdell
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
fl. 1765-1771
creator1_dates
fl. 1765-1771
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
creator1_role
Drawn by
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
P. Canot
creator2
P. Canot
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Engraved by
creator2_role
Engraved by
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys at Charing Cross
image_publisher
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys at Charing Cross
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1763]
image_date
[1763]
Image date
false
Image function:
print
image_function
print
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, engraving
technique
etching, engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
36.4 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
36.4 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
52.8 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
52.8 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
43 cm.
page_dimensions_height
43 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
54.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
54.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English, French
languages
English, French
Languages
false
Description:
View of New York City in the distance. Built environment includes churches, dwellings, ships in harbor, and fences. Items in the image are lettered for identification in a key below.
description
View of New York City in the distance. Built environment includes churches, dwellings, ships in harbor, and fences. Items in the image are lettered for identification in a key below.
Description
false
notes:
Buildings, including the Rutgers house, built in 1754-1755, in foreground. Trinity Church is at the extreme right. Tall building to the left of Trinity Church is the New or Middle Dutch Church, built in 1731. East River is in distance.
notes
Buildings, including the Rutgers house, built in 1754-1755, in foreground. Trinity Church is at the extreme right. Tall building to the left of Trinity Church is the New or Middle Dutch Church, built in 1731. East River is in distance.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References exhibitions:
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 61
references_exhibitions
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 61
References exhibitions
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1902.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1902.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel
subject_heads
New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false