BIB_ID
286258
Accession number
MA 653.5
Creator
Greatorex, Eliza, engraver.
Published
ca. 1875.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 print: engraving ; 121 x 189 mm
Notes
Copy of the print is in the Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection at New York Public Library.
Part of a collection that includes Bryant's autograph manuscript of his introduction for a volume of etchings of Old New York by Eliza Greatorex and five related prints: four by Greatorex and a portrait of Bryant signed by Hollyer. Items in the collection are described in 6 individual records (MA 653.1-6).
Part of a collection that includes Bryant's autograph manuscript of his introduction for a volume of etchings of Old New York by Eliza Greatorex and five related prints: four by Greatorex and a portrait of Bryant signed by Hollyer. Items in the collection are described in 6 individual records (MA 653.1-6).
Inscriptions/Markings
"Wooley House - called The Murray House - 37th St. & 5th Ave" pencilled below print.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from G. D. Hellman in December 1910 or January 1911.
Summary
Print shows to the left and in the foreground a view of a three-story wood frame house and a gazebo tucked behind trees and a wood plank fence. To the right, a street view with spires receding into the distance. Signature of Eliza Greatorex engraved in lower right corner.
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