View of New York City, showing Broadway and the City Hall in the 1820s

View of New York City, showing Broadway and the City Hall in the 1820s

Item Information

Title:
View of New York City, showing Broadway and the City Hall in the 1820s
Description:
Information from accompanying cards: The fore-edge painting is a view of New York City, showing Broadway and the City Hall in the 1820s. A very interesting and unusual subject, American scenes depicted in fore-edge paintings being quite rare.
Date:
(c) 1819
Format:
Paintings
Genre:
Watercolors
Fore-edge painting
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Special Collections, Rare Books
Subjects:
Cities & towns
City & town life
City & town halls
Places:
New York > New York
Extent:
1 painting : watercolor on fore edge of book
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fq9782954
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from accompanying cards.
Found on: Sermons preached in the Tron Church, Glasgow / by Thomas Chalmers
Notes (acquisition):
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, May 1951.
Notes (date):
Date of painting unknown. Publication date of book: 1819.
Notes (object):
Fore-edge/fanned to the right
Identifier:
07_04_000071A
Call #:
RARE BKS BX9178 .C43S4 1819x
Barcode:
39999063111395