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John Drayton: A View of the Battery and Harbour of New York, and the Ambuscade Frigate   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Drayton  (1766–1822)  wikidata:Q1699840
 
John Drayton
Alternative names
John Drayton II
Description American lawyer, judge, politician and botanist
United States federal judge
Date of birth/death 22 June 1766 Edit this at Wikidata 27 November 1822 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Charleston Edit this at Wikidata Charleston Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q1699840
Engraver: Samuel Hill
Title
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"
Description
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.
Date 1794
date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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This image is available from the New York Public Library's Digital Library under the digital ID 56864: digitalgallery.nypl.org → digitalcollections.nypl.org

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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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