La Destruction de la Statuë royale a Nouvelle Yorck. = Die Zertörung der Königlichen Bild Säule zu neu Yorck. / Gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
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- Title
- La Destruction de la Statuë royale a Nouvelle Yorck. = Die Zertörung der Königlichen Bild Säule zu neu Yorck. / Gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
- Alternate Title
- Die Zertörung der Königlichen Bild Säule zu neu Yorck
- Date
- [approximately 1776]
- Notes
- View showing members of the Sons of Liberty and several African Americans (possibly slaves) destroying a statue of King George III in New York City, c.a. 1776. Numerous onlookers (including a contingent of American Indians) watch on from the streets, the rooftops and from apartment windows.
- Part of a series of imagined views of North American cities titled 'Collection des Prospects' by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721-1796) and Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (1755-1812) that were issued in Augsburg, Germany around the time of the American Revolution.
- This is a fictitious view of New York City that likely borrowed features from several unidentified views of major European cities.
- "La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck." appears written in reverse along the upper margin.
- Names and Subjects
- Sons of Liberty--Pictorial works.
- African Americans--Pictorial works.
- Sculpture--New York (State)--New York--1770-1780.
- Spectators--New York (State)--New York--1770-1780.
- Vandalism--New York (State)--New York--1770-1780.
- Prints shelf.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works.
- Genre
- Engravings 1770-1780.
- Etchings 1770-1780.
- Intaglio prints 1770-1780.
- Vues d'optique 1770-1780.
- ID
- 6032
- Barcode
- B9273414
- Physical Description
- 1 print : etching and engraving, hand-colored ; 48.5 x 39 cm
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2018-09-05 12:14:54
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 12528 x 9478
- File Size
- 6 MB
- Record
- 6032
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"La Destruction de la Statuë royale a Nouvelle Yorck. = Die Zertörung der Königlichen Bild Säule zu neu Yorck. / Gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-6032/wcl006105. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 14, 2024.