About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1668
  • TitleView of the house in New Utrecht L.I
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1669), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical images, in different sizes, of a lithograph. Caption on verso of 1669: "Historic house -- Nicasius de Sille House, built in 1657 near 16th Ave. and 84th St., where Gen. Nathanel Woodhull, foully struck a mortal blow with a British broadsword after his betrayal by Tories and capture by the Redcoats, died of his wounds. House was torn down in 1850."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints: black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printslithographsphotographic prints
  • Note1669: grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: 1668: date inscribed: Nov. 3, 1946; 1669: date stamped: Aug. 28, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on recto of 1669.
  • CreatorBrown, A.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectStone houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New Utrecht (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: New Utrecht: Houses: De Sille House