City of New York. From Brooklyn Heights – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
This rare antique engraving captures City of New York. From Brooklyn Heights in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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City of New York. From Brooklyn Heights
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This steel engraving looks across the East River from the heights of Brooklyn toward the dense skyline of lower Manhattan. It was made after a drawing by A.C. Warren and engraved by G.R. Hall for *Picturesque America*, a two-volume survey of American scenery edited by William Cullen Bryant and published by D. Appleton & Company around 1872. Such steel engravings were prized for their fine detail, and the book aimed to present the country's cities and landscapes to a middle-class readership. Brooklyn was then a separate city, not yet joined to New York until 1898, which gives the view added interest.
| Created / published | c1872. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : steel engraving. |
| Subjects | Steel engraving by G.R. Hall after A.C. Warren, copyrighted by D. Appleton & Co., N.Y. In: Wm. Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America, v. 2. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Aritsts, Publ. i.; NY--NYC-- Views--[ca. 1872]; BI--WORKS; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,174 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130264 |
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