Call Number |
priJLC_POL_000618 |
Title |
The Government House. |
Artist/Author |
Condit, W. J. |
Artist/Author 02 |
Milbourne, C. |
Printer |
Ells, Wm. (Printer) |
Printer Location |
New York (N.Y.) |
Printer 02 |
Robinson, Henry R., -1850 |
Publisher |
Robinson, Henry R., -1850 |
Place of Publication |
New York (N.Y.) |
Date |
©1847 |
Date Searchable |
1847 |
Physical Description |
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.8 x 60.96 cm (20 x 24 in.) |
Object Type |
Prints, view |
Description |
Image of an eye-level street view of the two-story brick Government House built in New York City for United States President George Washington and used as the Governor's House and Custom House, with cows in the building's driveway, surrounding buildings, and street traffic including carriages and carts; after an engraving executed in 1797 by Charles Milbourne. |
Notes |
"C. Milbourne. Dehn - Et. Excud. / 1797"--text in stone, lower right. "From the Original Drawing by W.J. Condit."--text, bottom left margin. "Printed in Colours by Wm. Ells."--text, bottom right margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by H. R. Robinson, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern dist. of New York."--text, bottom margin centered. "From an Original Drawing in Possession of N. Campbell Esq."--text, bottom left margin. "Lith. & Pus. by H. R. Robinson 142 Nassau St. New-York."--text, bottom right margin. "This edifice was erected 1790, at the foot of Broad Way, facing the Bowling Green. It was originally designed for the Residence of Genl. Washington (then President of the United States,) but, the Capitol being removed, he never ocupied [sic] it, It then became the Govenors' [sic] House; and was the residence of Governors George Cinton and John Jay. The building was subsequently used for the Custom House, from the year 1799, until 1815, when it was taken down."--text, bottom margin. |
Local Subject Description |
Historical |
Subjects |
New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works. Dwellings -- Pictorial works. Historic buildings -- Pictorial works. Mansions -- Pictorial works. Public buildings -- Pictorial works. |
Form/Genre |
Lithographs -- Color -- 1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc) |
Language |
English [eng] |
Contributor 01 |
Last, Jay T. (donor) |
Physical Collection |
Jay T. Last Collection |
Physical Sub-Collection |
Politics & Social Issues |
Physical Series |
Large Size |
Digital Collection |
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library |
Department |
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera |
Finding Aid/Guide to Collection |
For more information about this collection see: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hd8133/ |
Digitization Specifications |
High resolution. |
Restrictions |
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=588 . |
Unique Digital Identifier |
408401 |