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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) Group of vue d'optique views of occupied New York. 4 hand-colored engravings; generally minor wear. Various places, circa 1780s
A series of early fictionalized views of the events surrounding the British occupation of New York.
"Représentation du Feu Terrible á Nouvelle Yorck." 13 x 20 inches; minimal wear. Depiction of the massive fire in British-held Manhattan on the night of 20 September 1776. British troops are beating suspected arsonists; several slaves (clad only in loincloths) carry pillaged trunks out of the burning buildings. Paris: Chereau. Variant of Cresswell 268.
François X. Habermann, engraver. "Debarquement des Troupes Engloises a Nouvelle Yorck," with alternate caption in German. 12¾ x 17½ inches; minor foxing and wear. Cresswell 266. Printed in Augsburg.
François X. Habermann, engraver. "La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck," with alternate caption in German. 12½ x 17¾ inches; minor foxing and wear. Variant of Cresswell 263. Printed in Augsburg.
Balth. F. Leizelt, engraver. "La Nouvelle Yorck, une Ville dans l'Amerique Septentrionale," with alternate caption in German. 12¾ x 17¾ inches; moderate foxing and wear. Cresswell 553. Printed in Augsburg.
