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New York (City) – Vintage Print

New York (City) — antique engraving
New York (City). Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with New York (City), an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few details survive in this record beyond a title, a date of 1859, and the note that the engraving is colored, so the print is best understood through its moment. In 1859 New York was growing fast, with roughly 800,000 people living in the city by the 1860 census. Central Park was under construction that year, and the city was expanding northward across Manhattan. Colored city views like this one were popular among merchants and families who wanted a decorative image of a rapidly changing metropolis.

Medium1 print : engraving, col.
Notes1859-1859.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,128 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121068

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