Collection Highlights
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Black prepared paper cut-outs, laid on beige paper with graphite, brown ink and wash, and white gouache, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bird's Eye View of The City of New York
Title
Bird's Eye View of The City of New York
Date
1855
Medium
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and selective glazing on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/4 x 20 3/8 in. ( 36.2 x 51.8 cm )
Credit Line
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Object Number
1949.27
Marks
signed: lower right: "W. S. Hattory"
inscription: lower left: "The City of New York / 1855"
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right in gray watercolor: "W.S. Hattory."; at lower left: "The City of New-York. / -- 1855."
Gallery Label
An aerial view looking north from New York harbor to the edge of Harlem depicts Governors Island at the lower right, Brooklyn at the right, and busy traffic in the East and Hudson rivers.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
