ARTIST: Thomas Howdell
MEDIUM: Watercolor on paper.
DATE: 1768, c.1930.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 x 19 3/4" (25.3 x 50.1 cm)
DESCRIPTION: Signed in pencil l.r. "Hosier" A numbered key identifies the following: 1. The Harbor; 2. Nutting Island (Governors Island); 3. Staten Island; 4. Long Island; Rutger's House; South River; Brew House. This view was taken from the southern slope of what used to be called Mount Pitt, which is now near the intersection of Henry and Montgomery Streets on the east side of Manhattan. The large church steeple on the far right is Trinity Church. This watercolor was taken directly from the large engraving produced for the series "Scenographia Americana"
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CONDITION: Good condition, save for faint mat line and glue remnants along outer edge of paper, well outside of image.
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