Tappan's Store, Pearl Street, New York
19th century
Medium
Watercolor and pen and black ink
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 in. (15.9 x 10.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
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
54.90.123
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Edward W. C. Arnold, *Tappan's Store, Street, New York* a delicate 19th-century drawing architects Alexander Jackson Davis and Ith Town. Rendered in watercolor and pen and black ink a modest 6¼ x 4-inch sheet, this intimate work captures the bustling commercial facade of Tappan's Store amid New York City's early urban growth. Davis and Town partners in a pioneering American architectural firm, were masters of the Greek Revival style, blending neoclassical elegance with practical innovation during a transformative era. Pearl Street, in lower Manhatta...
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...