(AMERICAN REVOLUTION-VIEW) Representation du Feu Terrible a NouvelleYorck. [Augsbourg, circa 1776]. Hand-colored engraved vue d'optique, showing the city burning out of control, with British troops beating Americans in the streets. 290x405 mm, wide

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION-VIEW) Representation du Feu Terrible a NouvelleYorck. [Augsbourg, circa 1776]. Hand-colored engraved vue d'optique, showing the city burning out of control, with British troops beating Americans in the streets. 290x405 mm, wide margins. Stokes I: page 217 E500/750 Four days after Washington's retreat from the city, a fire consumed almost 500 buildings between Broadway and the Hudson, destroying one fourth of the city. This "peep show" view is part of a group of 4 such views engraved by Francois Habermann.