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- Creator
- Bowen, Ashley, 1728-1813
- Call number
- MssCol 352
- Physical description
- .06 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- A view of the bay of Hallefax on May ye 5, 1759 at noon [watercolor], Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
This ink and watercolor drawing represents the sailing of the British fleet under Rear-Admiral Philip Durell in the 1759 expedition against Québec, depicting eighteen ships in the Halifax harbor. There is a textual explanation just below the image. Described in the New York Public Library Bulletin, vol. 40 (1936) pages 419-420
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328