(19th century)
View of Staten Island from across the Narrows and Upper New York Bay, circa 1860, with frigates, ironclads, steamers and yachts, with the townships identified as Clifton, Stapleton and Tompkinsville, Fort Wadsworth and lighthouse to the far left, unsigned, watercolor and ink on wove paper, 6-3/8 x 20-7/8 in.; black-painted frame,. Condition: loss upper right with paper patch and bodycolor, toning, staining, creases, remnant of hinging tape verso. Notes: The central neighborhood of Stapleton was the childhood home of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Condition
loss upper right with paper patch and bodycolor, toning, staining, creases, remnant of hinging tape verso