New York from Governor's Island
Dated depicted 1820, issued about 1825
G. W. Wall (1792–after 1864)
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 702
Dimensions
Image: 35.4 x 53.2 cm (13 15/16 x 20 15/16 in.) Sheet: 50.0 x 69.9 cm (19 11/16 x 27 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
62.102
Medium or Technique
Aquatint, hand colored on pape; first state
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Hand-colored by Hill. Fort right, sailboats on choppy water infront of city.
Inscription
Printed in margin center:title/ No 20 of the Hudson River Port Folio/ Published by Henry I. Megarey New York.; LL margin: Painted by W. G. Wall; LR margin: Engraved by J. Hill
Provenance
Accessioned February 14, 1962. M. & M. Karolik Collection. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 8, 1964
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875