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Panoramic View of New York Taken from the North River

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Date

1844

Artist

Drawn and etched by Robert Havell II (1793-1878)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/339874

Description

This beautiful aquatint was issued in 1844 as a companion piece to "Panoramic View of New York Taken from the East River." When he arrived in America in 1839, Robert Havell was celebrated for engravings he had produced with his father for John James Audubon's famous "The Birds of America." Living in New York, Havell continued to produce high-quality prints and also established himself as a Hudson River school painter. The huge steamship seen here at left, the British Queen, was the first transatlantic steamboat, and arrived in New York for the first time in July 1839. Medium: hand-coloured etching and aquatint.
Additional Makers: Vessels by - James Fulton Pringle (1788-1847); Printed by - W. Neale; Publisher - Robert Havell Jr. (1793-1878); Publisher - William A. Colman; Publisher - Ackermann & Co. (1829-1855)

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

New York City, USA

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Architecture
Cityscapes
Rivers

Category

Buildings & Architecture

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