(NEW YORK CITY) The Narrows from Fort Hamilton

Sale 2473 - Lot 180

Unsold

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

(NEW YORK CITY.) The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton. Gouache on linen, 37 x 41 inches, with painted paper frame, tacked to wooden stretchers; significant paint cracking and loss, moderate chipping to paper frame, light mildew on verso, one stretcher slat broken. sold as is. Np, circa late 19th century?

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A charmingly naive unsigned historical view of Brooklyn and Staten Island. The consignor was told that it was originally used as a fireplace screen. The original source image was an 1838 engraving of the same title after an illustration by William Henry Bartlett. The view is from Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton (completed in 1836), looking across the water to Staten Island. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge would dominate this view if drawn today.