Design for Astor's Hotel, New York
Medium
Lithograph with watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (35.8 x 26.6 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Accession Number
24.66.1146
Tags
HotelsArchitecture
About the Artist
Alexander Jackson Davis|Ithiel Town · 1803–1892
Alexander Jackson Davis (1803–1892) was a pioneering American architect whose imaginative designs helped define the nation's picturesque country house tradition. Born in New York City on July 24, 1803, Davis received an informal education, studying drawing at the American Academy of the Fine Arts, the New-York Drawing Association, and the antique casts at the National Academy of Design. He apprent...