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The Post Office, New York
1800–75
Medium/Technique
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
Image: 33.0 x 25.2 cm (13 x 9 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 39.5 x 34.9 cm (15 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 39.5 x 34.9 cm (15 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number53.2429
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Academic) 018
DescriptionAcademic anonymous landscape. Stone building with tower on narrow street between Cedar and Liberty Streets. Originally a church built by the Dutch Reformists in 1729. The Post Office occupied this buiding from 1845-1875; taken down in 1882. Later than Endicott lithograph of 1845 (ill. Portfolio, Aug. 1942, p. 7). Here the portico in front is enclosed and another story added, partially blocking the three further windows.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1953