Newyorks Hamn och Redd, Från Brooklyn på Longisland (New York Harbor and Docks, from Brooklyn, Long Island)

ca. 1830

Not on view

A view of New York in 1820 made to be bound into "Atlas til Freiherre Baron Klinckströms Bref om de Förente Staerne" ("Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckström's Letters about the United States"), written during his travels 1818-20 and published in Stockholm by Eckstein in 1824. This image shows steam ferries and sail boats in use around 1820.

Artwork Details

Title: Newyorks Hamn och Redd, Från Brooklyn på Longisland (New York Harbor and Docks, from Brooklyn, Long Island)
Designer: Axel Klinckowström (Swedish, 1775–1837)
Etcher: Carl Fredrik Akrell (Swedish, 1779–1868)
Date: ca. 1830
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Image: 8 7/16 × 18 9/16 in. (21.5 × 47.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 20 1/2 in. (36.4 × 52 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: 54.90.1431
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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