View of the Light House at Sandy Hook.

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  SKU: 97453

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• PUBLISHER: Published in the New-York Magazine; or, Literary Repository

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving

  DATE: 1790.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 1/16 x 3 5/8" (15.4 x 9.2 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: 18th Century American imprint.<br><br> Anderson del; Tiebout Sculp.<br><br> Drawn by Anderson and engraved by Cornelius Tiebout..<br><br> The Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest operating lighthouse in the United States. It is located at the northern end of the Sandy Hook near Highlands New Jersey.. It was designed and built by Issac Conro. When first built, it stood 500 feet from the tip. Due to littoral drift, it is now almost one and a half miles from the tip..<br><br> This engraving appeared in the New-York Magazine, Or, Literary Repository., published by Thomas and James Swords in New York. The series rand between 1790 and 1797. <br><br>

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Retains the original descriptive page. "Description of the LIGHT-HOUSE at SANDY Hook. With an Elegant engraving of the building."

• CONDITION: Good condition. B/W.

• REFERENCE: Stauffer 3227

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Naval, Nautical & Marine , Lighthouses