Newyorks Hamn och Redd, Från Brooklyn på Longisland (New York Harbor and Docks, from Brooklyn, Long Island)
This view of New York from Brooklyn in 1820 was made to illustrate Baron Klinckström's "Letters about the United States", written during his travels 1818-20 and published in Stockholm in 1824. The image records steam ferries and sail boats then in common use.
Artwork Details
- Title: Newyorks Hamn och Redd, Från Brooklyn på Longisland (New York Harbor and Docks, from Brooklyn, Long Island)
- Etcher: Carl Fredrik Akrell (Swedish, 1779–1868)
- Artist: After Axel Klinckowström (Swedish, 1775–1837)
- Date: 1824
- Medium: Etching and aquatint
- Dimensions: Image: 8 11/16 × 18 13/16 in. (22.1 × 47.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 21 3/4 in. (38 × 55.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1328
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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