Bay of New York from Hoboken – Antique New York Harbor Engraving, c.1850

Name: Bay of New York from Hoboken – Antique New York Harbor Engraving, c.1850
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-156
Price: 325 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 17 × 24 cm (6.7 × 9.4 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition with age-related toning, occasional light foxing, and minor handling wear consistent with age. Wide original margins preserved. Please review the photographs carefully for a complete assessment of condition.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: New Jersey, New York
Reference: BG-14038-156

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The Bay of New York seen from Hoboken, an original steel engraving of about 1850 published by the Bibliographisches Institut of Hildburghausen. The sheet is printed in black. The plate title reads "Bay of Newyork from Hoboken", and the lower margin credits "W. Heine, Newyork, 1850, del." and "John Poppel, sculpt."

The view is taken from a rocky rise above the river on the New Jersey side. Large boulders and low scrub fill the foreground, and a lone figure stands on a path among them. Beyond lies the wide water of the harbor with sailing vessels scattered over it, and across it the low skyline of Manhattan, with church spires rising above the waterfront at the left. Factory chimneys at the shore in the middle distance send up smoke, and the hills of Staten Island and the far shore close the horizon.

The sheet shows New York at the middle of the nineteenth century as a city of spires and warehouses seen from across the Hudson, long before the skyscraper skyline.

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