Series II: Prints 16 x 20" to 30 x 40"
Scope and Contents note
Series II. Prints 16 x 20" to 30 x 40," is also filed by artist or printmaker's surname. The prints are are housed in drawers in flat files. This series contains many important eighteenth-century prints, particularly views of New York City.
Three of Karl Akrell's engravings after Axel Leonhard Klinckowstrom are from Klinckowstrom's Atlas, which was published in Sweden in 1824. A complete copy of this early work is also held by the Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections. The view of City Hall is notable for the pigs shown prominently in the foreground.
Pierre Charles Canot, a French engraver working in London, engraved these two views of New York City after drawings by Thomas Howdell, a member of the Royal Artillery of the British Army. They were published in London in around 1768 as part of Scenographia America, a collection of twenty-eight views of American cities. The view from the south-east includes one of the first impressions of King's College (now Columbia University).
Amos Doolittle's son A. B. Doolittle's engraving of Yale College is included in this series.
The French lithographing firm of Engelmann Pére et Fils (Godefroy Engelmann, principal) completed six scenes of Vues de L'Amerique du Nord; all six were printed as the basis for wallpaper blocks. Complete sets are rare; the Society has three. The view of New York includes African Americans.
The etching by Paul Fourdrinier is the earliest plan of Savannah known to exist. The first settlers came in 1733, and the print was issued the next year.
Ambroise-Louis Garneray, a French artist and engraver, issued a series of travel views in the early eighteenth century, Vues des coites de France dans l'Ocean et dans la Mediteranee. The fifth volume, Voyage Maritime, featured views of great port cities, including several American ports. Garneray never visited America but copied the views of other artists.
Thomas Johnston's view of the battle at Lake George is from the French and Indian War.
Paul Sandby 1725-1809 is considered the founder of the watercolor movement in England, and was also the first English artist to use the aquatint process. The views by and after Sandby here were originally sketches by the colonial Massachusetts Governor Thomas Pownall. Sandby painted each view, and engraved several of them. The six prints here were first published in 1761 under the title of Six Remarkable Views in the Provinces of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in North America, and were later reissued as part of Scenographia Americana, mentioned above, in 1768.
Prints are filed alphabetically by artist or printmaker's surname.
Akrell, Carl Frederik (1779-1868)
Scope and Contents Note
After Axel Leonhard Klinckowstrom (1775-1837).
"Broadway -Gatan Och Radhuset I New York" [Broadway and City Hall], 1819
General note
aquatint
"New Yorks Hamn Och Redd Fran Brooklyn Pa Long Island" [New York Harbor from Brooklyn], 1820
General note
aquatint, 2 copies
"Chancellor Livingston", [1819]
General note
plan of boat
"Atlas" title page, 1824
Barlow, Lou (1908-2011)
"Cafe", linocut, artist's proof, ca. 1935
"Dialogue," color linocut, impression 7 of 14, 1990
"The Rescue", color linocut, artist's proof, ca.1991
"The Sculptor", linocut, artist's proof, 1994
"Self Portrait", linocut, artist's proof, 2003
"Symphony Orchestra", linocut, artist's proof, 1988
Beamley, William Jean
Chambers Street, New York City, 1913
General note
Photomechanical reproduction, color
Behnken, William (b.1943)
Bronx Crossing, 1991
General note
aquatint
Bosman, Richard (b. 1944)
[Brooklyn Bridge], undated
Briem, Gottlob L. (1899-1972)
The Chrysler Building, New York City, N.Y., undated
Brosen, Frederick (b. 1954)
[Brooklyn Bridge], 1992
Brown, Goerge Loring (1814-1889)
[New York City from across river], 1861
Scope and Contents
Finished by Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822-1895). Published by George Ward Nichols, New York
Bry, Edith (1898-1991)
"Sold", undated
General note
lithograph, impression 9 of 20
General note
See also: Series I
Canot, Pierre-Charles (1710-1777)
Scope and Contents Note
after Thomas Howdell.
"A South East View of the City of New York in North America", [1768]
General note
published by T. Jefferys, London
"A South West View of the City of New York in North America", [1768]
General note
published by T. Jefferys, London
Cartwright, T.
Scope and Contents Note
After a drawing by George Beck (ca. 1748-1812).
"East View of Baltimore, Maryland", 1802
General note
colored aquatint, published by Atkins & Nightingale, London & Philadelphia
Cohen, Arthur Allen (b. 1928)
Brooklyn Bridge 1 (artist's proof), [1982]
Brooklyn Bridge 2 (artist's proof), [1982]
Brooklyn Bridge 9 (artist's proof), 1982
Brooklyn Bridge 9 (artist's proof), [1982]
Connell, Edwin V.D. (b. 1859)
[From the Tower of the Produce Exchange], with remarques of Produce Exchange Tower and Statue of Liberty], 1889
General note
engraving
Dawes, D.B. (?)
[Village church], undated
General note
lithograph
Doolittle, Amos (1754-1832)
"A New Display of the United States", 1803
General note
printed and sold by Doolittle, New Haven
Doolittle, A. B.
"A View of the Buildings of Yale College at New Haven", 1807
General note
published by A. Doolittle & Son, New Haven
Edy, John William (fl. 1780-1820)
Scope and Contents Note
after George Bulteel Fisher (1764-after 1796).
"View of St. Anthony's Nose, on the North River Province of New York", 1795
General note
aquatint, published by Edy, Westminster
Eisner, Anne (1911-1967), 1940, inclusive
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Christie McDonald, January 2022.
[Klein's Outer Sanctum], [1940]
Scope and Contents
Approximately 23x16 inches.
"Klein's Inner Sanctum", 1940
Scope and Contents
Lithograph. Titled, signed, dated (1940), numbered (7/10) by Eisner. With detached label registering the object with the 39th annual water color and print exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Water Color Club (Nov-Dec, 1941). Approximately 18x16 inches.
Engelmann, Pére et Fils
"Vues de l'Amerique du Nord (1r au 10e le)" [Niagara/Vue de New-York/West Point], [1825-1830]
"Vues de l'Amerique du Nord (23me au 32me le)" [Jeux Indiens/Pont de Virginie/Les chutes de Niagara], [1825-1830]
Etwiller, ?
[Toll Bridge], 1926
Ferguson, Max (b. 1959)
[Waiting at the Spring Street Station (55/75), 1985
Fiene, Ernest (1894-1965)
Waterfront, Manhattan (3/100), 1931
Scope and Contents
lithograph
Waterfront, Manhattan (89/100), 1931
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Pam Schaffler
New York Skyline (21/40), 1932
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Pam Schaffler
New York Skyline (26/40), 1932
Scope and Contents
lithograph
Fourdrinier, Paul (fl. 1720-2760)
Scope and Contents Note
after Peter Gordon
"A View of Savanah as it stood the 29th of March 1734", 1734
General note
etching, two copies, both colored
Garneray, Ambroise-Louis (1783-1857)
"A View of New-York, taken from Veahawk", 1834
General note
aquatint by Sigismond Himely, 1801-1872, after a painting by Garneray, Published by Basset, Paris
"Vue du Port de Baltimore", [1843-1844]
General note
aquatint after his own design, published by Hocquart, Paris, and by Bailly, Ward & Co., New York
Golinkin, Joseph Webster (1897-1977)
Black Window, ca. 1928
General note
lithograph
[National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden], ca. 1938
General note
lithograph
[Park Avenue; view south toward New York Central Building] (13/50), [1935]
General note
lithograph
[Speakeasy interior] (7/24), [1928]
General note
lithograph
Graham, George (fl. 1786-1813)
Scope and Contents Note
after Archibald Robertson (1765-1835).
"A View on Hudson River, taken from the farm of Mr. James Renwick upon Chambers Creek near Newburgh", 1795
General note
mezzotint stipple engraving, published by James Harrison, New York
Grooms, Red (b. 1937)
Lunchtime on Broadway, 2009
General Note
Etching with aquatint, spitbite aquatint and scrapping
Hagopian, Vahan (b. 1889)
[51st St. and Park Ave., showing St. Bartholmew's Church], undated
General note
lithograph
Martin Beck Theatre, undated
General note
lithograph, 2 copies
[Street Corner in Midtown]
General note
lithograph
Hall, John (1739-1797)
Scope and Contents Note
after Benjamin West (1738-1820).
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, when he founded the province of Pennsylvania in North America, 1681", 1775
Scope and Contents
engraving, published by John Boydell, London, two copies, one colored
Hass, Richard (b. 1936)
"View of Woolworth Building from World Trade Center" (30/75), undated
General Note
etching
"Manhattan View, Twilight", 1999
General Note
Studio proof
Hauben, Daniel (b. 1956)
Evening Rain (46/50), 1998
General note
aquatint
Fire Escapes (17/35), 1983
General note
serigraph
Hios, Theo (1908-1999)
Brooklyn Bridge Workers, 1937
General note
lithograph
War Victim, 1938
General note
lithograph
Hirschfeld, Al (1903-2003)
"1776", 1997
Scope and Contents
Brent Spinner, Pat Hingle, Paul Michael Valley, designed by Tony Walton, 1997, AP #VII/XV. Lithograph 20 x 24 in.
"A&E Biography (TV)", 1997
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Lithograph 20 x24 in. Historic figures Pres. Ronald Reagan, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Marilyn Monroe, Leonardo da Vinci, Mohammad Ali, General George Patton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, AP #V/XL
"Josephine Baker", 2002
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lithograph, ink and watercolor, 20 x 24, AP #7/40
"Cultural Calendar", 1984
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lithograph, 20 x 24 in., Mehta, Bernstein, Tandy, Landsbury, AP #XIII/XXXVIII
[Barbara Streisand], undated
Hulett, James (d. 1771)
Scope and Contents Note
after Nicholas Garrison.
"A View of the House of Employment, Alms-House, Pennsylvania Hospital, & part of the City of Philadelphia", 1787
Scope and Contents
engraving, published by J. Harris, New York, State II
Hung, Su-Li (b. 1947)
Broken City (6/50), 2001
General note
woodcut
World Trade Center (2/50), 2001
General note
woodcut
Hunter, F[rederick] Leo (1862-1943)
Coenties Slip, South Street, 1881
N.Y. Produce Exchange, 1887
Jefferys, Thomas
Scope and Contents Note
After George Heap.
"An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia taken by George Heap from the Jersey Shore", [1756]
Scope and Contents
engraving, published by Jefferys, London
Johnston, Thomas (1708-1767)
"A Prospective Plan of the Battle Fought near Lake George on the 8th of Sept. 1755...", 1755
General note
after S. Blodget
Jukes, Francis (1745-1812)
Scope and Contents Note
after Alexander Robertson (1772-1841).
"Hudsons River from Chambers Creek looking thro' the High Lands", 1802
Scope and Contents
colored aquatint, published by Jukes, London, and Robertson, New York
"New York from Hobuck Ferry House New Jersey", 1800
Scope and Contents
colored aquatint, published by Jukes, London, and Robertson, New York
"Mount Vernon in Virginia the Seat of the late Lieut. General George Washington Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States", 1800
Scope and Contents
colored aquatint, published by Jukes, London, and Robertson, New York
Katz, Steven
57th Street Bridge, 2013
General
Etching
Ansonia 1, 2013
General
Etching
Comfort Inn, 2014
General
Etching
Klein, Sabina
Chelsea Afternoon, undated
Le Breton, Louis (1818-1866)
"Vue de New York Arrivee du transatlantique", 1820
Levi, Julian E. (1900-1982), circa 1970
[Statue of Liberty], circa 1970
Scope and Contents
Lithograph. Artists proof. Signed by artist. Unframed by N-YHS conservator Kate Bator in December 2019. A photocopy of a 1975 letter from the artist to Saul Wolf is included in the folder; this has his comments about the subject matter and imagery (i.e., decapitated Statue of Liberty, caged doves of peace), the context of creation (in Paris, during the Vietnam War), and number of prints made (50).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Jessica Wolf, 2016. Credit line: Donated by Jessica Wolf, Stratford, CT in memory of her parents Anne and Saul Wolf of East Hampton, NY
Mackay, Donald A.
Farewell to the Hotel Astor (35/100), undated
McKenzie, Mary Beth (b. 1946)
"Readings by Miss Lil," monotype, 11 1/4" x 14", 2002
"Fulton Fish Market," monotype, 12" x 13 1/4", 2002
Untitled, monotype, sheet: 12 ½" x 15 9/16", 1999
"The Bakery Interior," monotype, 14 7/8" x 12 7/8", 1998
Untitled (from the Circus series), monotype, 13 5/8" x 16 ½", 2013
"Men at Tire Shop on West 45th Street," monotype, sheet: 14 1/8 x 21",, 2013
"New York City Horse and Carriage Barn," monotype, sheet: 12 5/8 x 15 7/8 in., ca. 1980
Mielatz, Charles Frederick William (1864-1919)
The Dewey Arch, 1900
New York Etcher's Press
"A Day in Times Square", 2009
Scope and Contents Note
Porfolio of nine prints featuring un-edited artist reflectings about Times Square: Arisman, Marshall, "The Dancing Bear" (etching); Chernow, Ann, "Victory Theatre, 1942" (photo-etching); Hardin, Maya, untitled (4-plate, 4-color aquatint); Lasansky, Richie, untitled (engraving, etching, scraped, aquatint, drypoint); Netter, Lou, "Broken Bodies Broken Wallets" (etching, aquatint); Ronalds, Bill, "X-Termination" (aquatint); Waldman, Bruce, untitled (litho crayon open bite).
Pantell, Richard (b. 1927)
The Five Points, 1985
Pelletieri, Michael (b. 1947)
City Signs, 2003
General note
lithograph
Pennell, Joseph (1860-1926)
"The Cut Toward Culebra", 1912
General note
lithograph
General note
See also: Series II
Penney, James (1910-1982)
Subway (3/10), 1932
General note
lithograph
Podwal, Mark (b. 1945)
"Ship of State", 2002
General note
etching, impression 13 of 60
Robinson, Boardman (1856-1952)
[Walt Whitman], undated
Rollinson, William (1762-1842)
Scope and Contents Note
after John Wood (b. 1775)
"New York from Long Island", 1801
General note
aquatint, published by Wood and Rollinson, New York
Rowland, Susan
"Trinity Graveyard, May 7, 2002", 2002
General note
Monoprint with weed, 8 x 22 in., signed SR 1/1. Gift of Kate Ganz, 2003.
Sakuyama, Shunji
[100 Garfield Place, Brooklyn], 1982
General note
color lithograph, monoprint
[465 Fourteenth Street, Brooklyn] (18/26), 1981
General note
color lithograph
[558 Second Street, Brooklyn] (12/18), 1983
General note
color lithograph
[Room interior] (14/23), 1982
General note
lithograph
Sanchez, Emilio (1921-1999)
Crosstown Sunset, color lithograph (47/75), 1976
Crosstown Traffic, color lithograph (4/100), 1998
Hudson River View, color lithograph (8/50), 1980's
Loft Windows, color lithograph (42/100), 1988
Looking West from My Studio, color lithograph (16/100), 1988
New York on a Sunny Day, color lithograph
Nueva York, color lithograph (32/75), ca 1977
The Shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, color lithograph, (32/100), 1988
The View from New York, color lithograph, (1/75), 1976
Sandby, Paul (1731-1809)
Scope and Contents Note
after sketches by Thomas Pownall.
Title page, "Six Remarkable Views in the Provinces of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in North America", 1761
Scope and Contents
printed by Thomas Jefferys, London [includes list of 6 plates]
"A View in Hudson's River of the Entrance of What is called the Topan Sea", 1761
Scope and Contents
painted by Sandby, engraved by Peter Benazech, published by Thomas Jefferys, London. Additional copy of a later issue, colored.
"A View of the Falls on the Passaick, or Second River, in the Province of New Jersey", 1761
Scope and Contents
painted and engraved by Sandby, published by Thomas Jefferys, London. Additional copy of a later issue.
"A View in Hudson's River of Pakepsey & the Catts-Kill Mountain, from Sopos Island in Hudson's River", 1761
Scope and Contents
painted and engraved by Sandby, published by Thomas Jefferys, London. Additional copy of a later issue.
"A View of the Great Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River", 1761
Scope and Contents
painted by Sandby, engraved by William Elliot, published by Thomas Jefferys, London. Two additional copies of a later issue.
"A View of Bethlem, the Great Moravian Settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania", 1761
Scope and Contents
painted and engraved by Sandby, published by Thomas Jefferys, London.
"A Design to Represent the Beginning and Completion of an American Settlement or Farm", 1761
Scope and Contents
painted by Sandby, engraved by James Peake, published by Thomas Jefferys, London. Two copies, one additional copy of a later issue.
Schwartz, Peri (b. 1951)
"Woman on subway"
General Note
artist's proof
"Subway" (2/25), 1977
"Grand Army Plaza I" (1/1), 1979
"Reading Room II" (1/1), 1976
Scott, Dread (b. 1965)
"Triangle Shirt Waste", 2001
General note
Sceen print on paper, 7/14
"We are the 99%", 2011
Language of Materials
General note
Screen print on paper, 2/7
"We are the 99%-Arabic", 2011
Language of Materials
General note
Screen print on paper, 2/7
"Eimazte to 99%", 2011
Language of Materials
General note
Screen print on paper, 2/7
"Somos El 99%", 2011
Language of Materials
General note
Screen print on paper 2/7
"Siamo Il 99%", 2011
Language of Materials
General note
Screen print on paper, 2/7
Seymour, Samuel (fl. 1797-1823)
Scope and Contents Note
after William Birch (1755-1834).
"The City of New York in the State of New York North America", 1803
Scope and Contents
engraving, published by William Birch, Pennsylvania. One copy of first state, colored, and one copy of third state [with added picnickers and William Morgan's imprint, ca. 1820], uncolored
Simon, Tavik Frantisek (1877-1942)
[Broad Street with New York Stock Exchange], 1927
General note
color aquatint
[Broadway at night], [1927]
General note
color aquatint
[New York Public Library in winter], 1927
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color aquatint
[View of Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn Bridge walkway at dusk], [1927]
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color aquatint
Sloat, Richard Joel (b. 1945)
Not So Flat Iron(2/50), 1996
General note
woodblock print
Rising Sun (35/90), 1977
General note
aquatint
Walk Down St. Marks (5/90), 1994
General note
aquatint
Smillie, James (1807-1885)
Scope and Contents Note
after Thomas Cole (1801-1848).
"Voyage of Life, Childhood", undated
Scope and Contents
proof with no publisher listed, printed by H. Peters
"Voyage of Life, Youth", undated
Scope and Contents
printed by J. Dalton
"Voyage of Life, Manhood", undated
Scope and Contents
proof with no publisher listed, printed by H. Peters
"Voyage of Life, Old Age", undated
Scope and Contents
proof with no publisher listed, printed by H. Peters
Smith, Samuel
Scope and Contents Note
after Thomas Leitch (fl. 1771).
"A View of Charles-Town, the Capitol of South Carolina", 1776
General note
published by Smith, London
Soyer, Raphael (1899-1987)
Immigrants, 1969
Scope and Contents Note
Lithograph. Source of Acquisition: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Appel, April 2016.
Stadler, Joseph Constantine (fl. 1780-1812)
Scope and Contents Note
after William Roberts (1788-1867).
"The Natural Bridge", 1808
General note
colored aquatint, published in London
Strickland, William (1788-1854)
"Monumental Church at Richmond", [1810]
Scope and Contents
perspective and engraving by Strickland, aquatinted by William Kneass, published by William Kneass
"View of the Water Gap and Columbia Glassworks--River Delaware", [1815-1818]
Scope and Contents
aquatint after Thomas Birch, 1779-1851. Two copies, one colored.
Tiebout, Cornelius (ca. 1777-ca. 1830)
"A View of Rensselaerville Manufactory The Property of Mr. James Caldwell, of the City of Albany, Merchant, with a Distant Prospect of Hudsons River and the Seat of Stephen Van Rensselaer Esquire", 1792
"Loss of the Packet Ship Albion", undated
Scope and Contents
after Thomas Birch, 1779-1851, printed by William H. Morgan, Philadelphia. Two copies.
"View in Noble Borough State of New York", undated
Trueblood, Emily (b. 1942)
City Towers (2/50), 1994
General note
linocut
Night Tower (31/50), 2000
General note
linocut
Varian, George (1865-1923)
[Jeremiah Vanderbilt House, Flatbush Ave.], [1911]
General note
Two copies, one a canceled plate
[Unidentified historic Brooklyn house], [1911]
General note
Two copies, one a canceled plate
Wallace, William H.
Harlem River in 1870, 1870
General note
2 copies
Middle Dutch Reform Church (proof), 1882
Middle Dutch Reform Church (final), 1882
[New York from Staten Island (?)], 1890
[Post Office at Cedar and Nassau Streets], 1888
[Prospect Park - Apple Trees], undated
Wallace, William H.
[Farmhouse], undated
General note
etching
[Man fishing], undated
General note
etching
[Man on horseback in forest], undated
General note
etching
[Rabbit by stream], undated
General note
etching
General note
See also: Series I
Welling, Richard (1926-2009)
From Brooklyn Bridge (164/200), 1976
Singer Building Demolition, 1967
Untitled [construction of World Trade Center?], undated
Werger, Art (b.1955)
Daybreak (56/75), 1997
Whitman, Karen (b. 1953)
Downtown (15/85), 2003
General note
linocut
Wilbur, Lawrence Nelson (1897-1988)
Manhattan Mountains, 1938
The Spire [Empire State Building] (4/100), undated
Under the Bridge (6/27), 1988
[Produce stands] (7/75), 1976
[Produce stands] (9/75), 1976
Wilson, James & Isaac Eddy
"Chronology Delineated to Illustrate the History of Monarchical Revolution", 1813
Scope and Contents
published by Eddy, Vermont. Two copies, one colored, and another copy of the bottom half of the plate.