2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
Artist/Maker: Anthony Meucci

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A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..

A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Title
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Object name 
Book
Date 
1670
Related People 
Author/Maker: Daniel Denton
Dimensions 
Book (closed): 19.1 x 14.9 x 0.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line 
New-York Historical Society Library
Object Number 
LIB.Y.1670.Den
Bibliography 
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 192-3
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group