Central Park (Summer)

John Bachmann|Julius Bien|Edmund Foerster & Co.

1865 · Lithograph, printed in colors · Drawings and Prints

This birds eye view looks down on Central Park from above the hill north of the Lake. The middle ground is anchored by Bethesda Terrace, with exaggeratedly tall banners marking the boat landing. The prominent fountain is not yet topped by the "Angel of the Waters" sculpture, which would be added in 1873. The mall extends beyond the terrace and ends in an east-west ground-level drive which later would be replaced by the sunken 65th Street transverse. Further south the Park is largely undeveloped. Bachmann placed a balloon in the sky at the horizon, perhaps as a reference to the high point of view in this print which was, however, achieved through imaginative construction.

Artist

John Bachmann|Julius Bien|Edmund Foerster & Co.

Date

1865

Medium

Lithograph, printed in colors

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947