Panorama of New York and Vicinity
Bachmann specialized in lithographed bird’s-eye views and here represents Manhattan from Hoboken, New Jersey. In the foreground, two baseball games are being played at the Elysian Fields—a site used by professional New York teams from 1845. Manhattan itself seems distorted, as though seen through a convex lens, which brings some elements into greater focus. Central Park’s southern edge is visible at left, and the Croton Distributing Reservoir’s two large tanks stand out above Fifth Avenue at Forty-Second Street. Pockets of green farther south represent Madison Square Park, Union Square, and City Hall Park, with the view extending down to Castle Garden on the Battery, then into New York Harbor, with Staten Island and the Narrows clearly delineated.
Artwork Details
- Title: Panorama of New York and Vicinity
- Artist and publisher: John Bachmann (American, born Switzerland, 1814/15–1896)
- Printer: Julius Bien (American (born Germany), Naumberg 1826–1909 United States)
- Date: 1866
- Medium: Lithograph with tint stone
- Dimensions: image: 22 1/4 x 35 5/8 in. (56.5 x 90.5 cm)
sheet: 25 3/4 x 37 5/8 in. (65.4 x 95.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
- Object Number: 54.90.1192
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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