Specimens of New York Bill Posting, No. 897 from the series, "Anthony's Stereoscopic Views"
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Benefit concerts, minstrel shows, lectures, and horse races all clamor for attention in this graphic field of broadsides posted in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan. The stereograph format lends added depth and dimensionality to the layered fragments of text, transporting viewers to a hectic city sidewalk. Published for a national market, the scene indexes a precise moment in the summer of 1863, offering armchair tourists an inadvertent trend report on downtown cultural life.
Artwork Details
- Title: Specimens of New York Bill Posting, No. 897 from the series, "Anthony's Stereoscopic Views"
- Artist: Unknown
- Publisher: E. & H. T. Anthony (American)
- Date: 1863
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions: Mount: 3 1/4 in. × 6 3/4 in. (8.3 × 17.1 cm)
Image: 2 15/16 in. × 6 in. (7.5 × 15.3 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: William L. Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary
- Object Number: L.2019.57.617
- Curatorial Department: Photographs