View of Fort George with the City of New York

Title: A view of Fort George with the City of New York from the SW. Hudson River is in the foreground. An early version of this illustration was published about 1736 (see enlargement below). The hand colored image above was originally published in the 18th century and reprinted for the D.T. Valentine's Manual for 1858.

Below, enlargement of the central part of the image engraved by John Carwitham (1736). The buildings are numbered from one (Trinity Church) to eight. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.