New Orleans from St. Patrick's Church 1852 / J.W. Hill & Smith, del. ; lith. par B.F. Smith, Jr. – Vintage Print
(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 antique lithograph of New Orleans from St. Patrick's Church 1852 / J.W. Hill & Smith, del. ; lith. par B.F. Smith, Jr. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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New Orleans from St. Patrick's Church 1852 / J.W. Hill & Smith, del. ; lith. par B.F. Smith, Jr.
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This color lithograph of New Orleans is drawn from the tower of St. Patrick's Church, the Irish Catholic parish church in the city's American Quarter. From that height, the viewer looks out over a dense grid of roofs, streets, and church spires toward the Mississippi River, which made New Orleans one of the busiest ports in the country. The print was drawn by J.W. Hill and Smith, lithographed by B.F. Smith, Jr., and published in New York by Smith Brothers & Co. in 1852. City views like this were popular in the 1850s, when the South's commercial importance and rapid growth drew wide interest.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Smith Brothers & Co., 1852 (N.Y.: Printed by F. Michelin & Geo. E. Leefe) |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Cityscape prints 1850-1860.Lithographs Color 1850-1860. |
| Subjects | New Orleans (La.)--1850-1860.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,451 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216403 |
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