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Title
Birds eye view of New York & Brooklyn
Creator
Bachmann, John, active 1849-1885, artist
Bachmann, John, active 1849-1885, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1850
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of an aerial view of New York City and Brooklyn, New York, where the Hudson River and the East River meet the bay; boats and ships sail in the harbor; key in bottom margin to twelve locations pictured, including Blackwell's Island, Williamsburg, Governor's Island, and Fort Columbus.
"Drawn from nature"--text, bottom left margin. "& on stone by J. Bachman."--text, bottom right margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1850, by J. Bachman, in the Clerk's Office of the Distt. Court of the Southn. Distt. of N.Y."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 65.72 x 91.12 cm (25 7/8 x 35 7/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_VIEW_003363
442770
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3899
Language
English
Subject
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works
Cities and towns--Pictorial works
Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Pictorial works
New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Place
New York (N.Y.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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