SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736-1802). A Chorographic Map of the Province of New York in North America. Bayer The amount of detail in

The amount of detail in the painting is not limited to the skyline

Numerous legends note historical and topographical features

He was a prolific artist of scenes and subjects similar to those he had painted in his native land

especially after the American Revolution

sometimes introducing a panorama of New York

SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736-1802). A Chorographic Map of the Province of New York in North America. Bayer The amount of detail inSAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736 1802). A Chorographic Map of the Province of New York in North America. Engraved map with original hand color in outline. London: William Faden, 1779. 56 1 2 x 74 sheet, 64 3 4 x 81 3 4 framed. THE MOST IMPORTANT MAP OF THE ROYAL COLONY OF NEW YORK The last and finest large scale map of an American colony. Drawn on a scale of five miles to the inch, it is the most detailed printed map of any extensive part of North