Pattern Category: Places Object Type: Dinner and Dessert Wares Description:
This plate's view is of Governor's Island in New York Bay. It is quite similar to Andrew Stevenson's View of Governor's Island. (See in this exhibit). It is about a quarter of a mile from the Battery. It was named because the colonial governors in the 17th century spent their summers there. In the center of the view is Castle Williams.
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