Washington hotel. Broadway, New York – Antique Wall Art
(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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This rare historic print captures Washington hotel. Broadway, New York in remarkable 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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Washington hotel. Broadway, New York
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A lithograph of the Washington Hotel on Broadway in New York, dated to July 1833, presents a single building on the city's main commercial street. The print was drawn from nature by M. Sweett and lithographed by the firm of Endicott & Sweett, with James Ward credited on the plate, and it was entered for copyright that summer. Lithography had reached the United States only a few years earlier, and prints like this one often served as both a record of a building and an advertisement for it. Its date places it in a New York that was growing quickly, which makes the view useful to anyone studying the city's early nineteenth-century streetscape.
| Created / published | c1833 July. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and PAGA catalog cards. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott (George) & Swett (Moses). Entered 1833 by Endicott & Swe(e)tt. Drawn from nature by M. Swe(e)tt. By James Ward. Lith. of Endicott & Sweett. Copyright deposit: July ? 1833 PAGA card tracings: New York (City). Washington Hotel; Hotels, taverns, etc.--New York (City)--Washington Hotel. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109860 |
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