Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Council Chamber, City Hall, New York ; Public Room, Merchant's Exchange, New York / drawn by C. Burton ; engraved by H. Fofsette ; printed by J. Neale.
Call Number
E North 38/GC024/Box 117/Small/19th c./Artist Burton GA 2021.00001
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcq811kx871
Publisher
New York : G. Melksham Bourne, 1831.
Language
English
Date Created
1831
Extent
2 engravings on 1 sheet : mounted and framed ; frame 31 x 23 cm
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1: Gift Mr. & Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957; 2019.
References
Deak, Picturing America, 262.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Signed, lower left (each print): "Drawn by C. Burton".
Signed, lower right (each print): "Engraved by H. Fofsette".
Signed, lower right (bottom of sheet): "Printed by J. Neale".
According to Gloria Deak in her Picturing America, 1497-1899: "the set of engravings that George Melksham Bourne issued from his shop on Broadway near Franklin Street in 1831 is generally considered the most beautifully executed sequence of small New York views" (p. 262).

Discovery Information

Subject
Landscapes—United States—1831
Landscapes—Northeastern States—1831
Landscapes—New York (State)—New York—1831
Streetscapes—New York (State)—New York—1831
Cities and towns—New York (State)—New York—In art
Buildings—New York (State)—New York—In art
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5940052f-bf33-47f2-a532-7335eb8c7749/manifest