Carte des Etas-Unis de l'Amerique, Suivant le Traité de Paris de 1783 [Map of the United States of America, Following the Treaty of Paris of 1783]

Publisher Engraved and published by Jean Lattré French

1784

Not on view

This New York view shows Manhattan from the southwest during the colonial period, with a British warship in the harbor, firing its cannon to protect the city. Carwitham originally etched the image when the fort was named for King George, and that anachronistic detail remains in this later reissue by Bowles and Carver, a London publishing partnership formed in 1793, after American independence.

Artwork Details

Overview

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Provenance

Title: Carte des Etas-Unis de l'Amerique, Suivant le Traité de Paris de 1783 [Map of the United States of America, Following the Treaty of Paris of 1783]
Publisher: Engraved and published by Jean Lattré (French, 1743–1793)
Date: 1784
Medium: Etching and engraving, with additions in ink and watercolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 26 5/16 × 44 7/8 in. (66.9 × 114 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Object Number: 83.2.1002
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

In the same medium

From the same time and place

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints, Gideon Saint British, Pen and ink, engraving and etching — Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints
Gideon Saint
ca. 1760

The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, Jacques Louis David French, Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache — The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons
Jacques Louis David
1787

Mascarade à la Grecque; Suite des Vases; and [Cheminées], Ennemond Alexandre Petitot French, Etching — Mascarade à la Grecque; Suite des Vases; and [Cheminées]
Multiple artists/makers
1771, 1764

Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) French, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk — Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
1658

Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French, Gray wash over black chalk and graphite. — Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
1766

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.