New York from Governors Island

John Hill (American (England), 1770–1850)

William Guy Wall (American (born in Ireland), 1792 – 1864)

Dated depicted 1820, issued about 1825

Medium/TechniqueHand-colored aquatint

DimensionsImage: 35.4 x 53.2 cm (13 15/16 x 20 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 50.0 x 69.9 cm (19 11/16 x 27 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession number62.102

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InscriptionsIn plate, below image: NEW YORK FROM GOVERNORS ISLAND. / No. 20 of the Hudson River Port Folio / Published by Henry I. Megarey New York In plate, at lower left: Painted by W. G. Wall In plate, at lower right: Engraved by J. HillProvenanceAccessioned February 14, 1962. M. & M. Karolik Collection. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 8, 1964