Central Park, New York, Preparing for a Drive

Henry Schile|George Schlegel, New York

1873 · Hand-colored lithograph with painted black border · Drawings and Prints

An elegantly dressed woman sits on a block of stone next to a balustrade, urn and tree on ground adjacent to the Lake in Central Park, with a view of the cast iron Bow Bridge in the distance. Beside her are two children, a girl holding a whip and seated in a cart pulled by a goat, and a boy standing beside the cart attaching a harness to the animal.

Artist

Henry Schile|George Schlegel, New York

Date

1873

Medium

Hand-colored lithograph with painted black border

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008