Collection Highlights
N Amsterdam, ou N Iork in Ameriq
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.13
Medium:
Colored engraving
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
Object Number:
1935.167
Date:
c. 1835
Medium:
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/8 x 27 3/16 in. (51.1 x 69.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center below image in pink gouache: "View of New York, Governor's Island &. taken from Brooklyn Heights, on the same Evening of the Fire."; at lower right outside image in white gouache: "From Atwill's Music Saloon / New York."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Provenance:
Robert Fridenberg, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
