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Smillie, James D., 1807-1885 Phillipse Manor House, Yonkers, NY

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0201 Author/Creator: Smillie, James D., 1807-1885 Place Written: Yonkers, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 22 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "Phillipse Manor House, Yonkers, N.Y." Depicts A view of Phillipse Manor House, Yonkers, NY. On the left, a woman and three children stand on the roadside facing the manor house, across the road two cows and a pig rest. Caption notes, "present residence of Judge Woodworth." Caption notes, "Drawn and engraved for Irvings life of Washington." Engraved by James D. Smillie.

Smillie, James D., 1807-1885
Woodworth, fl. 1860
Phillipse, Frederick, 1720-1786

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