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Panoramic View of New York, from the East River

1844
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This view typifies the long low-level panoramas made to document many American cities in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Having moved to New York from England, Havell used his mastery of aquatint to produce nuanced tonal images usually enhanced, as here, with watercolor. Such prints would have appealed to connoisseurs. The marine artist Pringle drew the many vessels that ply the river, ranging from a large three-masted ship with dark sails and flying a Dutch flag to a steam-powered ferry. The New Jersey side of the Hudson River and distant Palisades are visible beyond Manhattan.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Panoramic View of New York, from the East River
  • Artist and publisher: Drawn and etched by Robert Havell Jr. (American (born England), Reading 1793–1878 Tarrytown, New York)
  • Artist: After James Fulton Pringle (American (born England) Sydenham 1788–1847 Brooklyn, New York)
  • Printer: W. Neale (New York, NY)
  • Publisher: Robert Havell Jr. (American (born England), Reading 1793–1878 Tarrytown, New York)
  • Publisher: William A. Colman (New York, NY)
  • Publisher: Ackermann & Co., London (British, active 1829–55)
  • Date: 1844
  • Medium: Engraving and aquatint with watercolor
  • Dimensions: image: 8 15/16 x 31 7/8 in. (22.7 x 81 cm)
    plate: 12 x 35 1/4 in. (30.5 x 89.6 cm)
    sheet: 13 3/16 x 35 3/8 in. (33.5 x 89.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.643
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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