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A true Perspective View of the Southwesterly Prospect of the Proposed Museum of the City of New York
- Title:
- A true Perspective View of the Southwesterly Prospect of the Proposed Museum of the City of New York
- Collection:
- Images from the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
- Site:
- New York, New York, United States
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- RMC2008_0748
- Catalog Record:
- 2069117
- Collection Number:
- 3762
- File Name:
- RMC2008_0748.tif
- Work Type:
- black-and-white sketch on cardboard
drawings (visual works)
- Subject:
- Architecture
- Description:
- Presenting as the Central feautre of the Facade a Fac-simile of the Federal Hall as that edifice was completed by Major L'Enfant in 1789 with was the portico where HIS EXCELLENCY GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON took the oath as First President of theis Republic. In this building was then estalished by the Saint Tammanys or Colombian Order, the First Museum in the City of New York~ In the background is found the COURT OF NEW AMSTERDAM with the orginal STADT HUYS restored as it was in 1654, the first seat of our city government the Communalty of the Manhattans subsequently New Amsterdam. Grosvenor Atterbury, Archt. Stowe Phelps & John Tompkins Associated. 139 East 53rd St., New York
- Cite As:
- Grosvenor Atterbury. Papers, #3762. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Archives
- Archival Collection:
- Grosvenor Atterbury papers
- Box:
- 1
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For information regarding copyright for this image, send inquiries to rarerepro@cornell.edu
