Title: Birdseye View of New York and Brooklyn, with Jersey City and Hoboken Water Front
Artist/Publisher: Parsons & Atwater, New York, Currier & Ives
Date: 1892
Map Type: Reproduction from Original Hand Colored Lithograph
Orig. Size Approx.: 33" x 22"
Description: This reproduction birdseye view of New York City, Brooklyn, with Jersey city and Hobeoken water front including the Brooklyn Bridge originally hand colored with tremendous detail. The The index across the bottom of the map includes many of the ship titles, locations across the island of Manhattan and into Brooklyn.
Historic panoramic birdseye maps record the evolution of cities illustrating the development and nature of economic activities, educational and religious facilities, parks, street patterns and widths, and transportation systems. Antique perspective maps are often not drawn to scale but provide a fascinating glimpse into the history of towns and cities.
Fine art Giclee reproduction print is produced on heavy weight, matte finish, archival paper using the finest pigment inks offering excellent color and light fastness ratings of up to 100 years. Our maps are digitally retouched as needed but maintain the original age toning and antique nature that makes them wonderful decorative art as well as historical references.
Our maps are enlarge and reduce from the original size and do not distort or resize the image, therefore most prints are not exact standard sizes. The margins may be enlarged to facilitate framing as in this map. Larger sizes shipped rolled in tube.
Available in 3 sizes;
- 33" x 23" (large) $38.00
- 23" x 16" (medium) $30.00
18" x 12.5" (small) $23.00
; "Reproduction Birdseye View of New York & Brooklyn, 1892")