PLAN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.627 a-b

Description

Engraved map of New York also containing "A South West View of the City of New York taken from Govenor's Island at *"on the bottom showing a harbor scene with various ships and boats with 5 figures involved in conversation and/or enjoying the scenery in the foreground; "Long Island" on the right and "Jerseys" on the left are marked as such; the top of the map is an aerial view of the New York City area including a scale in the lower right corner and a compass on the left; the bodies of water designated include "North or Hudson's River," "East River or the Sound" and "Part of the Bay Oyster Banks;" and masses include those designated "Part of New Jersey", "Bedloe's or Kennedy's Island," "Bucking Island", "The Governour's or Nutten Island," and "Part of Nassau or Long Island". Upper left handtop: "For His Excellancy/Sir Henry Moore, Bar+? Captain general and governour in Chief/In and Over His Magesty's Province of/New York/ and the temtones depending thereon in America/Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the Same/This Plan of the City of New York and its Environs,/Surveyed and Laid down:/Is most humbly dedicated by His Excellency's/most obedient servant./B.Ratzer/Lieut+. in His Majesty's (sic) 60th or/Royal American Regiment." Lower left corner: "PLAN/of the/CITY of NEW YORK,/in/NORTH AMERICA:/Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767. References: Fort Orange, Trinity Church, St. Paul's Church, St. Georges Chapel, Old Dutch Church, New Dutch Do, New Reformed Do, Old Presbyterian Meeting, New Presbyterian Do, Old Lutheran Church, New Lutheran Do, German Ref'd Church, French Church, Moravian Meeting, Anabaptists Meeting, Methodists Meeting, Quakers Meeting, Seceders Meeting, Jews Synagogue, The City Hall, The Exchange, The Prison, The House of Correction, The College, The Theatre, Fish, Old Slip, Fly Pecks, OSWEGO ([From Fish to Oswego bracketed under "Market"]) The Upper Barracks, The Powder House, The Jews Burial Ground, The Lower Barracks, The Artillery Stores." Below it, to the right, printed: "London, Published (sic) according to Act of Parliment. Jany. 12, 1776: by Jefferys & Faden Corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bernard Ratzer

Attribution

Cartographer

Artist

Thomas Kitchin

Attribution

Engraver

Manufacturer

Jeffreys & Faden

Date made

1776

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

VC.59.627

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

47-3/8 in

Width

35 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 47 3/8 x 35 in. (120.3 x 88.9 cm)

Dimension Description

With frame

Height

50-3/8 in

Width

38-1/4 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 50 3/8 x 38 1/4 x 1 in. (128 x 97.2 x 2.5 cm)

Material

ink, Paper (laid)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Frame touched up during preparation for Winter Antiques Show; reproduction map to be inserted into frame for display at VCM in 2012 with new backing.

Notes

Remarks: Felicity Campbell examined the piece for possible inclusion in the 2012 Winter Antiques Show Loan Exhibition: there should be spacers between the map and the glass for proper protection of the map; Marylou Davis examined the frame and stated this is a nice frame, but it is not as old as the map, possible late 19th or earlt 20th century; frame should be touched up for inclusion in the show [Jessa J. Krick, 9/8/2011]

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: 2 spots near foundry.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

L.2004.104 - Map - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Only four versions of the 1770 edition of this map (earlier than HHV's 1776 edition) survive, one in the collection of the Brookyln Historical Society, two at the New-York Historical Society, and one in the British Library in London (formerly owned by George III). See object file for the guide "Exploing Pre-Revolutionary New York: The Ratzer Map" Brooklyn Historical Society's educational pdf publication [Jessa J. Krick, Collections Manager, 6/22/2017].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Please note a reproduction copy of the map is now hanging in the frame in the Old Parlor at Van Cortlandt Manor; the map is in storage at Union Church [Jessa J. Krick, 12/5/2012].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Old Parlour Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Oversize map drawer