Lunatic Asylum, New York, from "New York Mirror"

Engraver James Smillie American
After Robert Walter Weir American
Publisher New York Mirror American
1834
Not on view
A view of the the New York Lunatic Asylum, emphasizing its rural setting, with deer and bushes in the foreground.

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  • Title: Lunatic Asylum, New York, from "New York Mirror"
  • Engraver: James Smillie (American, Edinburgh 1807–1885 Poughkeepsie, New York)
  • Artist: After Robert Walter Weir (American, New Rochelle, New York 1803–1889 New York)
  • Publisher: New York Mirror (1823–1843)
  • Date: 1834
  • Medium: Steel engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 6 1/8 x 9 in. (15.5 x 22.9 cm)
    Plate: 9 5/16 x 12 3/8 in. (23.6 x 31.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1249
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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