BIB_ID
286259
Accession number
MA 653.6
Creator
Greatorex, Eliza, engraver.
Published
ca. 1868.
Credit line
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).
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from G. D. Hellman in December 1910 or January 1911.
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.
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