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Kirk, James, 1733-1791 New York in 1768

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0026 Author/Creator: Kirk, James, 1733-1791 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1768 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 25.6 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "New York in 1768" dated 1768. Caption notes "view from the rear of Col. Rutgers House East River (from an English print)." Depicts a landscpe view of the East river with a view of New York city in the distance. Colonel Henry Rutgers's house was confiscated and occupied by British troops for seven years during the Revoutionary War. Engraved by James Kirk.

Kirk, J., 1733-1791
Rutgers, Henry, 1745-1830

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