Artist/Maker William James Bennett (British, 1787-1844)

Publisher Lewis P. Clover (1819 - 1896)

After John William Hill (1812 – 1879)

New York from Brooklyn Heights

1837

Hand-colored etching and aquatint

Image: 19 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.; sheet (trimmed): 23 3/4 x 34 5/8 in.

The New-York Historical Society Library, Edwin Allen Cruikshank Collection, Gift of Susie Cruikshank Snyder, 1926

PPAC.2020.1.20

Only a few impressions of this print, which was a major achievement for its day, exist. The original copper plate is also in the N-YHS collection.

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View of the City of New York taken from Long Island

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South Street from Maiden Lane

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William James Bennett

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View of the Jet at the Harlem River, Plate XX

William James Bennett

1843

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View above the Croton Dam, Plate IX

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Croton Aqueduct at Mill River, Plate XV

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Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, Plate XVIII

William James Bennett

1843

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Lower Manhattan Seen from 2 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn Heights

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1931

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View near Fort Miller, originally Plate 10 [later Plate 9] of The Hudson River Portfolio

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