New York from Glasgow by the Anchor Line. Circa 1910. Lithograph poster. 100x63cm, 39½x 24¾ inches; McCorquodale & Co., Glasgow.
An exquisitely-detailed rendering of some of "Manhattan's early skyscrapers, including the Singer Building, the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1908 until the following year, when it was surpassed in height by the Metropolitan Life Tower. This sweeping southern view from the intersection of Maiden Lane and Broadway also shows the Washington Life Insurance Building, the Trinity and United States Realty Buildings, and the City Investing Building" (New York p. 22). In the distance, passing by the Statue of Liberty, once can see the Anchor Line's single-funnelSS Furnessia. This poster can be dated based on the shipping company being acquired by Cunard in 1911, and the fact that the ship was scrapped that same year.
