View from Staten Island
Unknown Artist
ca. 1855
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
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
54.90.181
Tags
About this artwork
This panoramic view captures New York Harbor as seen from Staten Island, documenting the maritime landscape that defined mid-nineteenth-century New York. The painting presents the harbor with sailing vessels, distant shores, and atmospheric effects that convey the expansive character of this crucial commercial waterway. The composition demonstrates the Hudson River School influence in American landscape painting, combining topographical accuracy with romantic sensibility. The broad horizontal fo...