Lunatic Asylum, New York, from "New York Mirror"
A view of the the New York Lunatic Asylum, emphasizing its rural setting, with deer and bushes in the foreground.
Artwork Details
- 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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