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.
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Unique Digital Identifier	408401