[New York from the Staten Island Ferry] – Historic Print
![[New York from the Staten Island Ferry], [1917] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/234740bb2efd-L.webp)
(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 historic print of [New York from the Staten Island Ferry] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[New York from the Staten Island Ferry]
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Only about four centimeters high, this drypoint fits the whole approach to Manhattan into a narrow band of paper. It is the first plate in a small series titled *His Miniatures*, made in 1917, and it shows the view from the Staten Island Ferry as it crossed the harbor toward the towers of lower Manhattan. Drypoint is made by scratching lines straight into a copper plate with a needle, and the raised metal burr that results gives the lines a soft, velvety darkness. The print is signed in pencil and was given to the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : drypoint ; 3.8 x 9.9 cm. |
| Notes | [His Miniature series, no. 1] Arms, 12. Signed in pencil. DLC Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 21. Gift. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 760 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131621 |
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