Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck, que les Americains ont allumé, pendent la Nuit du 19. Septembre 1776. par le quel ont été brulés, tous les Batiments du Coté de Vest, a droite de Börse dans la Rue de Broock jusqu'au College du Roi, et plus
View of the Great Fire of New York in 1776 showing an entire block of buildings engulfed in flames and smoke as residents flee with what belongings they are able to carry. A number of British soldiers in the foreground can be seen beating people. Several African slaves are also depicted carrying trunks and bags.; Part of a series of imagined views of North American cities titled 'Collection des Prospects' by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721-1796) and Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (1755-1812) that were issued in Augsburg, Germany around the time of the American Revolution.; This is a fictitious representation of New York that likely borrowed features from several unidentified views of major European cities.; "Representation du feu terrible a nouvelle Yorck." appears written in reverse along the upper margin.
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