Record ID:
286258
Accession number:
MA 653.5
Published:
ca. 1875.
Credit:
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).
Inscriptions/Markings:
"Wooley House - called The Murray House - 37th St. & 5th Ave" pencilled below print.
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 lo
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from G. D. Hellman in December 1910 or January 1911.
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