(NEW YORK BROOKLYN) Whitefield Edwin View of Williamsburgh

Sale 2481 - Lot 368

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(NEW YORK - BROOKLYN.) Whitefield, Edwin. View of Williamsburgh L.I. from Grand St. N.Y. Large tinted lithograph with hand-coloring, 26-point reference key below. 20 1/2x37 inches sheet size, wide margins; light staining, small area of damage at center image repaired on verso; loosely mounted in a period maple veneer frame. New York: I. Prindle, 1852

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A rare example of prolific and talented 19th-century view-maker Edwin Whitefield's "Original Views of North American Cities". The perspective is a straight ahead linear view of Williamsburg as its own city, independent of Brooklyn, with locations such as Latham's Steam Saw Mill, Meyer & Poppenhusen's Whalebone Factory, John Ferrall's Alcohol Distillery, Peck Slip Ferry, Schol's Brimstone Factory and the U.S. Naval Hospital noted in the numbered key below the image. Eno Collection 455; Reps 2665.