Iconography of Manhattan Island: Illustrations from the Publication

Item Information

A view of the City of New York from Long Island

Dublin Core

Title

A view of the City of New York from Long Island

Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --18th century.
New York (N.Y.) --Description and travel --Views.

Description

This drawing has the name of Montresor stamped on its back.

Creator

Montresor, John, attributed to

Source

Stokes, I. N. Phelps. The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York : Robert H. Dodd, 1915-1928. Electronic reproduction. v. 1. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2008.

Date

1778?

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

Library of Congress, Division of Maps and Charts

Citation

Plate 48 [no page number; following chapter 3]

Temporal Coverage

1778

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Wash drawings

Citation

Montresor, John, attributed to, “A view of the City of New York from Long Island,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed May 20, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/1261.

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