The Branch Bank of the United States, Wall Street, New York, Erected in 1825 (from Views of the Public Buildings in the City of New York Correctly Drawn on Stone by A. J. Davis, 1827)
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 9 13/16 x 12 in. (24.9 x 30.5 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
54.90.672
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into early 19th-century New with this precise lithograph from Alexander Jackson Davis's *Views of the Public Buildings the City of New York (1827). Titled *The Branch Bank of the States, Wall Street, York, Erected in1825*, it captures grandeur of this neoclassical edifice, designed by architect Martin Euclid Thompson. Davis a leading figure in American architecture and a pioneer in Romanticism and Greek Revival styles, drew the image directly on stone, while printer Anthony Imbert brought it to life through lithography—a revolutionary technique that allowed for intricate, affordable repro...
About the Artist
Alexander Jackson Davis|Anthony Imbert|Martin Euclid Thompson · 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...