New York from Governors Island,NY,John Hill,c1823,Soldier Patrolling,Sailboat

Title: New York, from Governors Island / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.
Creator(s): Hill, John, 1770-1850, etcher
Related Names:
Wall, William Guy, b. 1792 , artist
Megarey, Henry I.
Date Created/Published: New York : Published by Henry I. Megarey, [between 1821 and 1825].
Summary: Print shows a view of New York City from Governors Island with a soldier patrolling outside a fortification, and a sailboat and sailing ship in the harbor with the city in the background.
Notes:
Title from item.
No. 20 of the Hudson River Port Folio.
Stamped lower right: Map Division, Library of Congress, Nov. 18, 1915.
Irish-born artist W.G. Hall spent the summer of 1820 traversing 212 miles of the Hudson River's 315-mile course. 20 plates were engraved as aquatints by master printer John Hill and published between 1821 and 1825 by Henry Megarey in New York.
Subjects:
Rivers--New York (State)--1820-1830.
Batteries (Weaponry)--New York (State)--1820-1830.
Forts & fortifications--New York (State)--1820-1830.
Sailing ships--1820-1830.
Sailboats--1820-1830.
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--1820-1830.
Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--1820-1830.
New York (N.Y.)--1820-1830.
Aquatints--1820-1830.
Bookmark /2011661803/
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