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Castle garden, New York: From the battery – Antique Print

Castle garden, New York: From the battery, [New York] : N. Currier, 1848. — antique lithograph
Castle garden, New York: From the battery, [New York] : N. Currier, 1848.. Antique lithograph 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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This rare antique lithograph captures Castle garden, New York: From the battery 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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Castle garden, New York: From the battery

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Castle Garden, the subject of this hand-colored lithograph, was a round stone fort built on a small island off the southern tip of Manhattan, near the Battery. Built in 1808 and known as Castle Clinton, it was later turned into an entertainment venue and then, from 1855, an immigrant landing depot before Ellis Island opened. This 1848 view from the Battery shows the fortification set against the harbor, a useful record of the waterfront when it was still a popular promenade for New Yorkers. Nathaniel Currier issued many such city views, and the hand coloring gives the water and sky a bright, lively finish.

Created / published[New York] : N. Currier, 1848.
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand col.
GenreLithographs Hand colored 1840-1850.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0933.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,194 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173923

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