Neu Yorck–Vüe De La Nouvelle Yorck (View of New York)
Artist and engraver Balthasar Friedrich Leizel German
Not on view
This view imagines New York as a colonial city with a large ship under construction in the left foreground, rowboats and further ships moored along the bank and upon the water, a large customs house at left, and a distant church. The details are derived from European sources and the print belongs to a series engraved in Augsburg and sold internationally. The title is engraved backwards because the works were intended to be shown on a wall or screen using a "magic lantern", an optical device that projected the image by means of candles and mirrors with the related prints known as Vues d'Optiques.
