Gefängniss au Sing-Sing, und das Gappanische Meer (Sing-Sing Prison and the Tappansee)

Engraver Albert Henry Payne British
ca. 1850
Not on view
A view of the Hudson River with Sing-Sing prison on the shore.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Gefängniss au Sing-Sing, und das Gappanische Meer (Sing-Sing Prison and the Tappansee)
  • Engraver: Albert Henry Payne (British (active Germany), London 1812–1902 Leipzig)
  • Artist: After William Henry Bartlett (British, London 1809–1854 at sea)
  • Publisher: Der Englischen Kunstanstalt (Leipzig)
  • Date: ca. 1850
  • Medium: Steel engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 2 15/16 × 4 5/16 in. (7.4 × 10.9 cm)
    Sheet: 4 × 5 3/8 in. (10.2 × 13.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.627.4(4)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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