[Carte-de-visite Album of Central Park Views]

Photography Studio Stacy's Photographic Carte de Visite American

Publisher J. B. Lippincott Company American

1860s

Not on view

Brand new in the 1860s, New York’s Central Park attracted photographers, painters, and printmakers in pursuit of capturing its picturesque blend of architecture and the natural landscape. This unique album juxtaposes charming Gilded Age works on paper by the painter and author Ambrose Jackson with earlier photographic views of the park. The result is a multi-year, multimedia tour of the scenic sites of the vast urban oasis.

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Title: [Carte-de-visite Album of Central Park Views]
Photography Studio: Stacy's Photographic Carte de Visite (American, active 1860s)
Artist: Ambrose Jackson (American, active New York, died 1909)
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company (Philadelphia)
Date: 1860s
Medium: Albumen silver prints, gouache, varnish
Dimensions: 6 1/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 9/16 in. (15.4 × 13.4 × 3.9 cm)
Classification: Albums
Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Object Number: 2015.400.199
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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