AMERICAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY). View of New York taken from Brooklyn on the Hudson (?) Fire...December..1835

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
View of New York taken from Brooklyn on the Hudson (?) Fire...December..1835
Watercolor and pastel on paper
Inscribed at lower edge: "View of New York taken from Brooklyn on the Hudson (?) Fire...December..1835"
19 3/4" x 29" visible, 22 1/4" x 31 1/4" framed

This daytime view of New York taken from Brooklyn following the great fire is another popular interpretation of the tremendous event. Examples by Calyo of this diurnal scene can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York Historical City.

Relative to Calyo's paintings, the present work concedes a better view of the Brooklyn Heights which sits just above the bluff on the near right. The yellow and white buildings are reminiscent of the Four Chimneys House in Brooklyn where George Washington held his headquarterers during the Battle of Long Island.