Panoramic View of New York, from the East River

Robert Havell Jr.|James Fulton Pringle|W. Neale|William A. Colman|Ackermann & Co., London|Robert Havell Jr.

1844 · Engraving and aquatint with watercolor · Drawings and Prints

This view typifies the long low-level panoramas made to document many American cities in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Having moved to New York from England, Havell used his mastery of aquatint to produce nuanced tonal images usually enhanced, as here, with watercolor. Such prints would have appealed to connoisseurs. The marine artist Pringle drew the many vessels that ply the river, ranging from a large three-masted ship with dark sails and flying a Dutch flag to a steam-powered ferry. The New Jersey side of the Hudson River and distant Palisades are visible beyond Manhattan.

Artist

Robert Havell Jr.|James Fulton Pringle|W. Neale|William A. Colman|Ackermann & Co., London|Robert Havell Jr.

Date

1844

Medium

Engraving and aquatint with watercolor

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954