File:View of Battery Park 1793.jpg
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John Drayton: A View of the Battery and Harbour of New York, and the Ambuscade Frigate ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Engraver: Samuel Hill |
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A View of the Battery and Harbour of New York, and the Ambuscade Frigate label QS:Len,"A View of the Battery and Harbour of New York, and the Ambuscade Frigate" |
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English: An early view of the Battery, it shows recent tree plantings and other improvements. The flagstaff base, characterized as a "gigantic churn" by Washington Irving, was built in 1790. Print depicts June 10-20, 1793 visit of French frigate Embuscade (1789) to Battery Park and Evacuation Day commemorative flagpole. |
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1794 date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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- 2007-03-15 02:18 Shoreranger 250×217× (10716 bytes) An early view of the Battery, it shows recent tree plantings and other improvements. The flagstaff base, characterized as a "gigantic churn" by Washington Irving, was built in 1790. From the New York Historical Society collection.
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current | 15:53, 1 November 2016 | 760 × 558 (111 KB) | Pharos (talk | contribs) | far superior version from NYPL | |
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17:56, 3 December 2008 | 250 × 217 (10 KB) | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) (talk | contribs) | {{BotMoveToCommons|en.wikipedia}} {{Information |Description={{en|An early view of the Battery, it shows recent tree plantings and other improvements. The flagstaff base, characterized as a "gigantic en:churn" by en:Washington Irving, was built |
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