South Street from Maiden Lane, New York, in 1828
Medium
Aquatint
Dimensions
11-5/8 x 15-3/8 in. (29.5 x 39.1 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
54.90.1177
Tags
Art Historical Context
This aquatint print, created in 1834 by William James Bennett and published by Henry J. Megarey, offers a vivid glimpse of New York City’s bustling South Street waterfront as it appeared six years earlier. From the vantage point of Maiden Lane, the scene captures the city’s transformation into a thriving commercial hub, with ships crowding the East River and merchants and laborers going about their daily work amid rows of warehouses and commercial buildings. Bennett, an English-born artist who specialized in topographical views of American cities, employed the aquatint technique to achieve de...
About the Artist
William James Bennett|Henry J. Megarey
American, London 1787–1844 New York