The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Old Storehouses, Corner of Pearl and Chatham Street, 1861 (Valentine's Manual)

Old Storehouses, Corner of Pearl and Chatham Street, 1861 (Valentine's Manual)

Publisher:: David Thomas Valentine (American, 1801–1869)
Publisher:: Valentine's Manual (American, 1841–1870)
Publisher:: Common Council, Corporation of the City of New York
Date:: 1863
Medium:: Color lithograph
Dimensions:: Image: 5 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (15.1 × 21 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (18.1 × 22.2 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Gift of Louis Grabkowicz, 1978
Accession Number:: 1978.595.10

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Description

A street view of buildings that include from left to right: "5th Ward House," "Maxwell & Co. 110," "J. Sinclair Boot & Shoe Store," "Coal and Children's Clothing." A horse-drawn trolley is shown in the right foreground. Published in "Manual of the Corporation of the city of New York" (known as "Valentine's Manual").
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Below image left: "Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, NY." Below image right: "for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1863." Bottom center: "Old Storehouses Cor. Pearl & Chatham St. 1861."
Provenance

Donor: Louis Grabkowicz
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