View of Broadway, New-York, from Exchange Alley to Morris Street, West Side
Medium
Lithograph with tint stones and hand coloring
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/2 × 32 15/16 in. (47 × 83.7 cm) Printed border and text: 21 5/8 × 33 7/8 in. (55 × 86 cm) Sheet: 23 9/16 × 35 5/8 in. (59.8 × 90.5 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
54.90.621
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Art Historical Context
This vibrant 1855 lithograph offers a sweeping view of lower Broadway’s west side, capturing the bustling commercial heart of mid-nineteenth-century New York. Created by the firm W. Stephenson & Co. in collaboration with lithographer Frederick Heppenheimer, the print depicts a lively street lined with multi-story buildings, shop fronts, and horse-drawn carriages, giving modern viewers a vivid sense of the city’s rapid growth and energy just before the Civil War. The work’s artistic significance lies in its medium: a lithograph enhanced with tint stones and delicate hand coloring. This techniq...
About the Artist
W. Stephenson & Co.|Frederick Heppenheimer (American|American) · 1800 |1826 –1900 |1909
New York, NY|American (born Germany), Naumberg 1826–1909 United States