Bachmann John Cheltham (1 results)

Condition: Very Good. Attractively framed and matted reprint of an iconic panoramic view of Manhattan and a good chunk of Brooklyn, with Queens and the Bronx, both showing little development, in the far off horizon. N.d., mid-19th century. (The exact year is surely possible to pinpoint with further research than we are willing to do given the price point involved in this map. Our educated guess is that this reprint was in Harper's Weeklly, given its dimensions and the thin pulp paper used.) The reprint is smaller than the original lithograph, and certainly some of the detail has become blurred or fuzzy, but it nonetheless remains rife with detail and exudes an antique charm contemporary, loosely-speaking, perhaps, with the original. The map margins show some light browning and soiling, as does the matting, but we wouldn't change a thing. The framing and matting befit the map, and as an unit this is ready to be proudly displayed on a wall. The frame is 38 by 48 cm, the visible portion of the map, including the rather narrow margins, 25.5 by 36.5 cm.