Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Luce Center
Broadway Looking North from Worth Street, New York City
Object Number:
1917.11
Date:
c. 1879
Medium:
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 13 in. ( 23.5 x 33 cm )
mat: 14 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. ( 35.9 x 43.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: verso: "Broadway North"
inscription: verso: "Broadway notrh from Worth St ca. 1879"
Inscriptions:
Various publication notations on the verso of card
Gallery Label:
The original drawing was copied from a photograph taken from the roof of the New York Life Insurance Company Building at the corner of Leonard Street. It was published by Magnus as one of his "100 Letter-head Paintings of New York" and "48 Note Size Views" for sale by stationers and booksellers (copy in Print Room, N-YHS). Grace Church on Broadway near 10th Street is seen in the far distance.
Credit Line:
Gift of Emil Herman Sauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
