A spatial interface to twenty essays on the objects and themes of the exhibit as well as the objects and landmarks
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The important landmarks that stood at this important Broadway intersection over time and by site
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A look at the technical processes along with the men and women who made all these cultural commodities in New York
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City of New York
Published by Currier & Ives, 1856
Hand-colored lithograph
24 × 31 1/2 in. (61 × 80 cm)
The New-York Historical Society, PR20.1856.1
This bird’s-eye view and its 1876 counterpart, both by Charles Parsons, reveal technological advancements and changes in commercial practice for lithographers like Currier & Ives. Currier & Ives had applied chromolithography to its popular city view genre, and its garish colors are a marked departure from the 1856 print’s watercolor washes. Parsons was an important artist for Currier & Ives before becoming Art Director at Harper’s Weekly in 1863.
— Kirstin Purtich + Martina D’Amato
