Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
View of Union Park, New York.
Call Number
A Middle 31/Drawer 11/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists G-O GA 2008.00256
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc2z10x349n
Publisher
New York : [s.n.], 1849.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1849
Extent
1 item ; sheet 44.2 x 55.7 cm.
References
Stokes, Iconography, vol. III, plate 136
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Lithographs
Depiction: Bird's-eye view of park surrounded by city buildings.
Inscribed on stone, l.c.: 'The Church of the Puritans, Rev. G.B. Cheever D.D. (modern reproduction) Pastor. The Springler Institute, erected by the Family of the late Henry Pringler Esq. // And occupied by Abbott's Collegiate Institution for Young Ladies, Rev. Gorham D. Abbott, Principal. In the Distance Calvary Church, on the Extreme Right the Free Academy.'
Signed and dated in plate, below: 'James Smillie del. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by Williams & Stevens in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N. York. Lith. of Sarony & Major, New York // View of Union Park, New York, From the Head of Broad Way.'
Signed on stone, lower center: "Published by Williams & Stevens 353 Broadway, N.Y.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Bird's-eye views—New York (State)—New York—1849
Cities and towns—New York (State)—New York—In art
Landscapes—New York (State)—New York—1849
Parks—New York (State)—New York—In art
Landscapes—United States—1849
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)—In art
Landscapes—Northeastern States—1849

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

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

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7c2109a5-1607-41e6-a430-aca1d01e8e67/manifest