The Park and City Hall, New York, American
n.d.
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows
Accession Number
1978.152.96
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Smithsonian American Art, where *The Park and City Hall, York, American* by. Archer offers a captivating glimpse into urban life. This undated graphic arts print beautifully captures City Hall in Manhattan, framed by its surrounding park and lively figure groups—pedestrians strolling amid greenery. As a print, it exemplifies the medium's power in the 19th century, allowing affordable dissemination of cityscapes to a wide audience, preserving fleeting moments of New York's bustling civic heart. City Hall Park has long been a vital public space, site of rallies, markets, and ever...