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[Cotton Exchange Building (New York, N.Y.). Front. Perspective projection. Rendering] / Hughson Hawley, pinx. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Cotton Exchange Building (New York, N.Y.). Front. Perspective projection. Rendering] / Hughson Hawley, pinx., ca. 1883. — historic drawing
[Cotton Exchange Building (New York, N.Y.). Front. Perspective projection. Rendering] / Hughson Hawley, pinx., ca. 1883.. Historic drawing 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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[Cotton Exchange Building (New York, N.Y.). Front. Perspective projection. Rendering] / Hughson Hawley, pinx.

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Drawn as a presentation view, this watercolor records the street facade of the Cotton Exchange in lower Manhattan as its architects hoped it would look. Hughson Hawley, a renderer of architectural drawings in the 1880s, painted it around 1883, while the building was still taking shape as a headquarters for the city's cotton trade. Cotton had long been traded in New York, and the exchange gave dealers a dignified meeting place. Worth noticing are the precise perspective lines and the soft washes of color that suggest the stone and ornament of the facade.

Created / publishedca. 1883.
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenrePerspective projections 1880-1890.Renderings 1880-1890.Watercolors 1880-1890.
NotesExhibit loan 4105-L.
SubjectsCommodity exchanges--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,800 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220914

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