Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Incendie de New-York.
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Accession number:
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34299
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Record number:
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34299-5
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JCB call number:
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E782 H654e / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Incendie de New-York.
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Creator 1:
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le Barbier
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Creator 1 role:
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Dessiné par
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Creator 2:
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Louis Michel Halbou
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Creator 2 dates:
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1730-ca. 1809
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Creator 2 role:
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gravé par
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Place image published:
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[Brussels]
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Image date:
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[1782]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 20
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Men and women flee burning buildings. Women carry burning torches. Includes soldiers and child.
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Source creator:
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Hilliard d'Auberteuil, Michel-René, ca. 1740-1789
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Source Title:
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Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains. ... Tome second.
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Source place of publication:
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A Bruxelles [Brussels]
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Source publisher:
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[s.n.]
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Source date:
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M. DCC. LXXXII. [1782]
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notes:
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Text states that soldiers tried to stop some people who were trying to spread the fire with torches.The fire took place during the night of September 21-22, 1776 on the southern tip of Manhattan island. The British under General Howe then occupied New York City until 1783. General Washington had withdrawn his troops to the northern part of Manhattan.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
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Subject headings:
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
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