Central Park (Summer)

Lithographer Julius Bien American

After John Bachmann American, Swiss

Publisher Edmund Foerster & Co. American

1865

Not on view

This birds eye view looks down on Central Park from above the hill north of the Lake. The middle ground is anchored by Bethesda Terrace, with exaggeratedly tall banners marking the boat landing. The prominent fountain is not yet topped by the "Angel of the Waters" sculpture, which would be added in 1873. The mall extends beyond the terrace and ends in an east-west ground-level drive which later would be replaced by the sunken 65th Street transverse. Further south the Park is largely undeveloped. Bachmann placed a balloon in the sky at the horizon, perhaps as a reference to the high point of view in this print which was, however, achieved through imaginative construction.

Artwork Details

Overview

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Catalogue Raisonné

References

Title: Central Park (Summer)
Lithographer: Julius Bien (American (born Germany), Naumberg 1826–1909 United States)
Artist: After John Bachmann (American, born Switzerland, 1814/15–1896)
Publisher: Edmund Foerster & Co. (New York, NY)
Date: 1865
Medium: Lithograph, printed in colors
Dimensions: image: 11 3/4 x 17 11/16 in. (29.9 x 45 cm)
sheet: 16 5/8 x 23 1/4 in. (42.3 x 59 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Object Number: 47.53.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Central Park (Winter)

Multiple artists/makers

1865

Broadway, New-York from Canal to Grand Street, West Side, Julius Bien American, Lithograph with tint stones and hand-coloring — Broadway, New-York from Canal to Grand Street, West Side
Julius Bien
W. Stephenson & Co.
1856

Nocturne (Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea), James McNeill Whistler American, Lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground, printed in soft gray-black ink on pale blue laid chine mounted on ivory wove plate paper; second state of two (Chicago) — Nocturne (Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea)
James McNeill Whistler
1878

Nocturne: Palaces, James McNeill Whistler American, Etching and drypoint; printed in dark brown ink on drum mounted medium weight ivory laid paper. — Nocturne: Palaces
James McNeill Whistler
1879–80

In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla), José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, Type-metal engraving and letterpress on blue paper — In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1890–1896

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.