Bennett New York Aquatint
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BENNETT, William J. (1784-1844).
View of the Ruins after the Great Fire in New York, Dec. 16th & 17th, 1835 as seen from the top of the Bank of America. Cor. of Wall & Wm St.
Aquatint in colors by W. J. Bennett after Nicolino Calyo (1779-1884), with extensive additional hand-coloring in watercolor.
New York: Lewis P. Clover, 1836.
19 5/8" x 27" sheet, backed on linen.
Comparable: Arader Galleries, 2020 - $2,040; Bloomsbury Auctions, 2009 - $1,800.
Dramatic rendering of the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1835, "the most devastating conflagration in New York's history and the largest in America up to that date . . . one of the most significant events in the city's history" (Augustyn & Cohen).
View of the Ruins after the Great Fire in New York, Dec. 16th & 17th, 1835 as seen from the top of the Bank of America. Cor. of Wall & Wm St.
Aquatint in colors by W. J. Bennett after Nicolino Calyo (1779-1884), with extensive additional hand-coloring in watercolor.
New York: Lewis P. Clover, 1836.
19 5/8" x 27" sheet, backed on linen.
Comparable: Arader Galleries, 2020 - $2,040; Bloomsbury Auctions, 2009 - $1,800.
Dramatic rendering of the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1835, "the most devastating conflagration in New York's history and the largest in America up to that date . . . one of the most significant events in the city's history" (Augustyn & Cohen).
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