VIEW of HARLAEM from MORISANIA in the PROVINCE of NEW YORK Septem.r 1765

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VIEW of HARLAEM from MORISANIA in the PROVINCE of NEW YORK Septem.r 1765
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Title:
VIEW of HARLAEM from MORISANIA in the PROVINCE of NEW YORK Septem.r 1765
Description:
View of Harlem from the Hudson River, with three boats moored at the landing of the ferry to Bronkside or Morrisania in the foreground, cove at left and second Dutch church seen among trees and houses at right, within washlines.||Titled ‘A drawn View of Haerlem from Morisania in the Province of New York, 1765’ in the Catalogue of the Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.||Titled 'A colored "view of Haerlem, from Morisania, in the province of New York, September, 1765"' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum, London, 1844-1861.
Former owner:
George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Donor:
George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Date:
1765
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Manuscripts
Genre:
Views
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Landscapes--New York (State)--New York--Harlem--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Places:
New York > Harlem
Extent:
1 drawing : watercolour over graphite ; sheet 19.6 x 31.2 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004987669
Notes:
View reproduced in a lithograph by George Hayward in about 1800.