Record ID:
286259
Accession number:
MA 653.6
Published:
ca. 1868.
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description:
1 print : engraving ; 190 x 120 mm
Notes:
Copy of the print is in the Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection at New York Public Library.
Part of a collection that includes Bryant's autograph manuscript of his introduction for a volume of etchings of Old New York by Eliza Greatorex and five related prints: four by Greatorex and a portrait of Bryant signed by Hollyer. Items in the collection are described in 6 individual records (MA 653.1-6).
Inscriptions/Markings:
"Beekman St." pencilled below print.
Summary:
Print shows front view of St. George's Chapel with top half of spire missing and rubble piled outside. Two figures face the church. Signature of Eliza Greatorex and "25 May '68" engraved in lower right corner.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from G. D. Hellman in December 1910 or January 1911.
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