From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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Two large folio aquatint engravings, each 52 x 68cm. Both images have been professionally cleaned and backed, a few minor surface abrasions, considerable toning, but decent copies of the first states of these rare views. Archivally matted, protected with Mylar sheets. William Guy Wall published his two views of New York in the summer of 1823. "They are two of the most beautiful views we have of New York City in the early nineteenth century" - Deak. The Brooklyn view, taken from Brooklyn heights, shows the growing city across the East River. Wall took great care to accurately render the buildings on the opposite shore, observable in great detail. The view from Weehawk reverses the view, looking at the west side of town along the Hudson. "Both views are exceedingly well- balanced, and both retain an eighteenth- century elegance in the clarity and fluid handling of the topographic projection." - Deák. The plates were engraved by John Hill, and are here present in their first states. Stokes asserts that the Brooklyn view is considerably rarer than the one from Weehawk. DEÁK, PICTURING AMERICA 335, 336. STOKES, ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN 92, 93. OLDS, BITS & PIECES OF AMERICAN HISTORY 14, 15. Seller Inventory # WRCAM12203
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Title: NEW YORK FROM HEIGHTS NEAR BROOKLYN. [with:]...
Publisher: New York
Publication Date: 1823
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