Artist/Maker
William Henry Wallace
Copy of a View of New York City from the South in 1773
ca. 1890s
Place madeNew York, United States, North America
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper
Overall: 10 in. × 15 1/4 in. (25.4 × 38.7 cm)
Mat: 14 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (36.2 × 48.9 cm)
Mat: 14 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (36.2 × 48.9 cm)
Gift of Harry Shaw Newman
1945.572
This was copied from an engraving in the Atlantic Neptune. The engraving was prepared and published for the use of the Royal Navy by the British Admiralty in 1763-1784 under the direction of J.F.W. Des Barres.
DescriptionCityscapeInscribedInscribed at lower left outside image in graphite: "New York from the south 1750."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
William Henry Wallace
1899
1945.555