NATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 - 1888) JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 - 1895). The City of New York

NATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 - 1888)
JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 - 1895)
The City of New York
Lithograph with original hand color
New York: Currier & Ives, 1884
28 1⁄2” x 39” sheet, 35 1⁄2” x 45 7/8” framed

In this highly detailed image, Manhattan is pictured from the south overlooking the business district. A steamer rounds the tip of the island while other boats scatter the surrounding waterways. New York stretches forth in its entirety, flanked by the Hudson River on the left and the East River on the right. On the right, the Brooklyn Bridge is shown just one year after its opening. Glimpses of New Jersey, Queens, and Brooklyn can be seen in the outskirts. Currier and Ives’ City of New York is truly a magnificent work, and depicts the world’s commercial center in a boom of technological and economic progress.