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Hand-colored print of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island with ships in New York Harbor and a city skyline.

The Great Bartholdi Statue - Liberty Enlightening the World

Currier & Ives, 1885

Hand-colored lithograph of the pilot boat Wm. J. Romer sailing on choppy green water with an American flag.

Extraordinary Express Across the Atlantic - Pilot Boat Wm. J. Romer, [commanded by] Captain McGuire, Leaving for Engl…

Nathaniel Currier, 1846

U. S. Ship North Carolina, 102 Guns

Nathaniel Currier, 1843

The Chinese Junk "Keying" [commanded by] Captain Kellett, as she appeared in New York Harbour, July 13th, 1847 --- 21…

Nathaniel Currier, 1847

Hand-colored print of a side-wheel New York ferry boat with a black smokestack, blue pilothouses, and passengers on deck.

New York Ferry Boat

Currier & Ives, ca. 1860-65

Lithograph of Lincoln's coffin lying in state under black drapery, with a bust above and mourners gathered on the stairs.

The Body of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln, Lying in State at the City Hall, N.Y., April 24th & 25th, 1865

Currier & Ives, 1865

Lithograph of Lincoln's funeral procession passing Union Square, with a black draped hearse, horses, soldiers and mourning-dr

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New York, April 25th, 1865, Passing Union Square

Currier & Ives, 1865

Lithograph of the O'Connell funeral car drawn by black-draped horses past a crowd behind a park fence, New York, 1847.

The Magnificent O'Connell Funeral Car, Passing the Park in New York City, on Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, 1847

Nathaniel Currier, 1847

Sheet music cover showing a four-horse coach with passengers, a hotel vignette, and ornate black lettering for Coaching to Pe

Coaching to Pelham (sheet music cover)

American Music Publishing Company, 1876

Etching of an old brick house on Rector Street with laundry hanging above a shopfront and two children at left.

Old House in Rector Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of an old wooden corner building with tall brick chimneys, shopfronts, a gas lamp, and pedestrians on Water Street.

Old House, Corner of Peck Slip and Water Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of the Middle Dutch Church clock tower and cupola above a corner Post Office building, with wires and utility poles a

The Post Office, Middle Dutch Church, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of a brick doorway with stone steps, a hanging Old Tom's gin sign, evergreen boughs, and a seated figure inside.

The Crooked Stoop (Old Tom's Chop House) (from Scenes of Old New York)

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of a wooden colonial-style house with a porch, chimneys, and bare trees in a rural setting.

Somerindyck House, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of a wooden two-story house with a front porch and chimneys, framed by bare trees and a tall evergreen.

Somerindyck House, Bloomingdale Road, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of the Old Revenue Office with a cupola tower and columned portico beside a waterfront with pilings and boats.

The Old Revenue Office, Whitehall, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of old wooden houses with a liquor store sign on a city corner, with pedestrians and a church steeple behind.

Old Houses in the "Five Points", 1870, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1871

Etching of an old wooden beach house with exterior stairs at a street corner, with brick buildings, a gas lamp and pedestrian

The Old Beach House, Corner of Cedar and Greenwich Streets, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1874

Etching of a wooden farmhouse with chimneys and a porch, surrounded by bare trees and a fence, dated 1876.

The Harsen Homestead, Corner of 10th Avenue and 70th Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1876

Etching of the Cooke Monument, a stone pedestal with a flaming urn, among gravestones and a bare tree in a churchyard.

The Cooke Monument in St. Paul's Churchyard, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1876

Etching of rocky hill with fort ruins on top, a flagpole on a mound, trees, and a small building at right.

Fort Haight/ Battle of Harlem Plains, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1877

Etching of St. Paul's Chapel's steeple and facade behind a churchyard of gravestones and tall trees.

St. Paul's Chapel, New York, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1877

Etching of a stone powder magazine on a rocky outcrop in Central Park, surrounded by trees, with a small figure at its side.

A Powder Magazine in Central Park, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1877

Etching of a wind-bent tree over a grassy shore, with sailboats on a calm bay and a distant shoreline.

Pelham Bay

Henry Farrer, ca. 1875

Etching of a moonlit river at night with a small sailboat, silhouetted trees, wooden pilings and streaked clouds.

Little Hell Gate, Harlem

Henry Farrer, ca. 1880-89

Etching of a sailboat on a river at sunset, with a city skyline and masted ships in the background.

Sunset on the East River

Henry Farrer, 1879

Etching of sailing boats and rowboats moored at a harbor shore at dusk, with a wooden building and distant ships.

Evening, New York Harbor

Henry Farrer, 1884

Lithograph of St. John's College in Fordham with cricket players on a lawn, a church spire, and a large tree on the right.

St. John's College Fordham, New York

William Rodrigue, 1846-51

Two-part lithograph of a New York infant schoolroom with seated children on benches and children marching and reciting.

First Infant School in Green Street, New York

Anthony Imbert, 1828

Sepia lithograph of the white Richmond Seminary building on a wooded hill, with a smaller columned house and split-rail fence

Richmond Seminary, Staten Island, N.Y.

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1847-48

Hand-colored print of a zouave-uniformed man drinking from a bottle beside temperance society posters, with onlookers and a f

États-Unis 1865 - New York Fire Brigade - Zouaves

Draner, 1865

Hand-colored print of a uniformed soldier with rifle drinking at a saloon bar while a bartender serves him.

Étast-Unis d'Amerique - Chasseurs à Pied

Draner, 1865

Hand-colored lithograph of a US infantry soldier in a cape coat and kepi standing in a camp with tents and a flag.

États-Unis d'Amerique - Infanterie de ligne

Draner, 1865

Colour lithograph of a smiling officer in dark blue uniform beside a laughing servant holding a cloth, with a barber sign beh

États-Unis d'Amerique 1865 - Offr. de Dragons

Draner, 1865

Hand-colored lithograph of a uniformed officer in an office with a desk, notices on the wall, and a sword resting by a stool.

États-Unis d'Amerique 1865 - 7th Regt. of New-York

Draner, 1865

Lithograph of a crowded domed hall with columns, organ and chandelier, audience in period dress facing a stage.

Distribution of the American Art-Union Prizes, at the Tabernacle, Broadway, December 24, 1847

Francis d' Avignon, 1848

Sepia bird's-eye lithograph of New York and Brooklyn with ships crowding the harbor and dense city blocks along the waterfron

Bird's Eye View of New York and Brooklyn

John Bachmann, 1851

Lithograph of the Phenix Bank facade with four fluted columns, a triangular pediment and a central entrance with steps.

Phenix Bank, New York

Anthony Imbert, 1826-29

Hand-colored print of two dealers and a boy in a gallery of paintings, with a reclining nude and an auction notice.

Vive la France, Marchands de "Tableaux" se Preparant pour la Vente Publique / Picture "Dealers" Preparing for "Auction"

Alfred E. Baker, 1840

Etched print of two landscapes: a tree beside a river on the left, and a winding river past wooded hills on the right.

Peuplier plante par Thomas Paine and Le Pont des Sauvages, Point-Breeze (Poplar Tree Planted by Thomas Paine and The…

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1826

Lithograph of a crowded domed auditorium with Corinthian columns, a pipe organ, and a speaker on a platform.

The Broadway Tabernacle, New York, in Anniversary Week

Snyder, Black & Sturn, ca. 1856

Hand-colored lithograph of a busy 1856 Broadway street lined with shops, carriages, and pedestrians.

Broadway, New-York from Canal to Grand Street, West Side

Julius Bien, 1856

Colored lithograph of Park Place, New York, showing shop fronts, horse carriages, and top-hatted pedestrians along the street

View of Park Place, New York, from Broadway to Church Street, North Side, A.D. 1854

William Boell, 1854

Sepia bird's-eye panorama of 1866 New York City with dense buildings, rivers, sailing ships and steamboats.

Panorama of New York and Vicinity

John Bachmann, 1866

Etched sheet with seven vignettes of American landscapes, including waterfalls, a lake, a river with a sailboat, and rocky cl

Vues d'Amerique: Lac Georges; Près des chûtes de Trenton, Oneida County; Vue de la rivière du Nord, prise à Clermont;…

Charlotte Bonaparte, ca. 1826

Lithograph of Lac Georges showing a lake between hills, a rail fence and tree stumps in the foreground, and small boats on th

Lac Georges

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1824

Lithograph of a sailing ship and rowboat on a lake, with a rocky, tree-lined shore on the right and hills in the distance.

Entrée du Niagara dans le Lac Ontario

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1824

Lithograph of a rushing waterfall in a rocky gorge with pine trees and receding forested hills.

Près des chûtes de la Passaïc

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1824

Grey lithograph of a hilly landscape with a tall poplar, village rooftops, a winding road and a distant towered building.

Vue de Lebanon

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1824

Lithograph of a lake seen through large trees, with hills beyond, a sailboat, and two small figures on rocks.

Vue du Lac Diane

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1824

Lithograph of Lake Erie seen from Buffalo, with a steamboat, sailboat, lighthouse, and trees on a grassy shore.

Vue du Lac Erié, Prise à Buffalo

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1824

Lithograph advertisement for W. L. McDonald carriage makers showing a New York street scene and surrounding carriage illustra

Wm. L. McDonald, Manufacturers of Carriage Harness & Co. Repository, No. 26 Beekman & 18 Spruce Street, New York

Endicott & Co., 1852-86

Engraved ceiling design with a circular dome, garlands, rosettes, reclining figures flanking an urn, and foliage panels.

Composite Order, elevation

Jean Cotelle, 1660-1708

Etching of a plumed horseman with raised sword among fallen figures and attackers in a smoky battle scene.

Plate 17 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'They do not agree' (No se convienen)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of tangled, struggling and fallen figures on a dark hatched ground, Goya's Disasters of War plate 10.

Plate 10 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Nor [do these] either' (Tampoco)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of a merchant ship heeled over for hull repairs, with small boats and workers beside it on a calm sea.

A Merchant Man Careened for Caulking the Hull

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a large sailing vessel with billowing sails, a rowing boat with passengers, and smaller boats on calm water.

Large Sailing Vessel and Rowing Boat

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a naval battle with warships in gunsmoke and a foundering ship on the left, sailors in the water.

Naval Battle with an English Ship Foundering on the Left, from Naval Battles (Nieuwe Scheeps Batalien), plate 5

Reinier Nooms, 1652-54

Etching of a bound man at a tree as soldiers aim muskets at him, with bodies on the ground in the foreground.

Plate 38 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): Barbarians! (Bárbaros!)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of sailing boats on a waterway with fishermen working on the shore under a cloudy sky.

View of Inland Waterway with Fisherman

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of an Amsterdam canal scene with moored sailing boats, a wooden quay, turreted buildings and trees.

S. Anthonis Marckt met de Waegh

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of soldiers attacking a screaming captive with sabers, numbered 32 and captioned Por qué, by Goya.

Plate 32 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Why?' (Por qué?)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of a dog snarling over a prone, fallen figure in pale clothing, with dense horizontal hatching in the background.

Plate 40 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'He gets something out of it' (Algun partido saca)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of cattle and goats by a river beneath large trees, with a cowherd resting at right and a farmhouse at left.

The Cowherd

Claude Lorrain, 1636