L'Entré triumphale des Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck (The Triumphal Entry of Royal Troops into New York)

Engraver Anonymous, French, 18th century French
After Franz Xavier Habermann German

Not on view

In this imaginary view the British army enters New York in mid-September 1776 after George Washington's troops had evacuated the city. The architecture is derived from European sources and the print is part of a series first engraved in Augsburg by Habermann which publishers in Paris quickly copied. Intended to be projected onto a wall or screen using a "magic lantern"–an optical device that used candles and mirrors–related prints were known as "Vue d'Optiques."

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