First Infant School in Green Street, New York
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
upper scene: 4 1/4 x 7 15/16 in. (10.8 x 20.2 cm) lower scene: 5 1/16 x 7 15/16 in. (12.9 x 20.2 cm) sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30.4 x 21 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Accession Number
54.90.967
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into 19th-century New York with this charming 1828 lithograph *First Infant School in Green Street New York*, a collaboration between Scottish-American painter Archibald Robertson and lithographer Anthony Imbert Printed on a sheet measuring nearly 12 by 8 inches, it features two scenes: an upper view of young students engaged in lively activities and a lower one capturing the bustling classroom interior. The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art preserves this vivid snapshot of early urban education. Lithography, a revolutionary technique invented just decades ...