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View of the Bay and Harbour of New-York From the Battery (New York Mirror)

Engraver Engraved by William D. Smith American
After Charles W. Burton American, born England
Publisher New York Mirror American
1830
Not on view
A view of the Battery, New York with pedestrians and the harbour beyond filled with boats. Mothers and children play on a lawn in the foreground shaded by a tree. Castle Garden(a place of entertainment from 1824) is shown off shore at right, with a fence in the foreground advertizing "sea baths."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: View of the Bay and Harbour of New-York From the Battery (New York Mirror)
  • Engraver: Engraved by William D. Smith (American, born New York, ca. 1800, active 1822–60)
  • Artist: After Charles W. Burton (American, born England 1807, active New York 1840–49)
  • Publisher: New York Mirror (1823–1843)
  • Date: 1830
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (23.1 × 15.6 cm)
    Sheet: 9 3/16 × 12 1/2 in. (23.3 × 31.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1244
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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