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Summary

John Drayton: A View of the Battery and Harbour of New York, and the Ambuscade Frigate (

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Artist



Alternative names	John Drayton II
Description	American lawyer, judge, politician and botanist United States federal judge
Date of birth/death	22 June 1766	27 November 1822
Location of birth/death	Charleston	Charleston
Authority file	: Q1699840 VIAF: 40461294 ISNI: 0000000083754086 LCCN: n85009108 Open Library: OL114405A GND: 129647446 WorldCat

Engraver: Samuel Hill

Title

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

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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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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:53, 1 November 2016	760 × 558 (111 KB)	Pharos	far superior version from NYPL
	15:41, 1 November 2016	500 × 500 (119 KB)	Pharos	higher-res
	17:56, 3 December 2008	250 × 217 (10 KB)	File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)	{{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