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View of the old City Hall, Wall St. In the year 1789

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Image ID

801609


Item data

Title

View of the old City Hall, Wall St. In the year 1789

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Federal Hall

Names

Hatch & Smillie (Engraver)
J. & G. Neale (Firm) (Printer)
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1850 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Fed

Subjects

Federal Hall National Memorial (New York, N.Y.) -- 1703-1812
City & town halls -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1780-1789
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- 1780-1789
City & town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1780-1789

Genres

Views

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: "Drawn & Engraved for the New York Mirror." "Eng:d on Steel by Hatch & Smillie." "Printed by J & G Neale" "Drawn by Diedrich Knickerbocker, Jr."--printed on border. Diedrich Knickerbocker, Jr. is Pseudonym for Washington Irving.
Biographical/Historical: First building on site constructed 1703; 1788 renamed Federal Hall; first capital of the U.S. under the 1789 Constitution; 1939 designated a national historical site; 1955 renamed Federal Hall National Memorial (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97003490)

Physical Description

Steel engravings
Extent: 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Foxing on image.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17095079
Barcode: 33333159155734
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ce910660-c55a-012f-72a5-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1850

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "View of the old City Hall, Wall St. In the year 1789" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce910660-c55a-012f-72a5-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1850). View of the old City Hall, Wall St. In the year 1789 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce910660-c55a-012f-72a5-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "View of the old City Hall, Wall St. In the year 1789" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce910660-c55a-012f-72a5-58d385a7bc34

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