The Broadway Tabernacle, New York, in Anniversary Week

Printer Printed by Snyder, Black & Sturn American

ca. 1856

Not on view

This interior shows a famous church on Broadway between Worth Street and Catherine Lane, opened in 1836 to hold 2,400 people, the size of crowds that flocked to hear the evangelist Charles Finney (1792-1875). The building was also used to house inter-demoninational celebrations held annually to commemorate a range of Protesant philanthropies.

Artwork Details

Title: The Broadway Tabernacle, New York, in Anniversary Week
Printer: Printed by Snyder, Black & Sturn (New York)
Date: ca. 1856
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: plate: 5 1/2 x 7 5/16 in. (14 x 18.6 cm)
sheet: 9 5/8 x 11 7/16 in. (24.5 x 29.1 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: 54.90.1103
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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