Sing Sing Prison and Tappan Zee, Hudson - Hand-Colored Engraving - 1840
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Original engraving of 1840 with Sing Sing penitentiary on the bank of the Hudson River and, beyond, the Tappan Sea or Tappan Zee, the great widening of the river north of New York. Drawn by Thomas Creswick after a sketch by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by Henry Adlard, hand-colored.
Original engraving of 1840 with Sing Sing penitentiary on the bank of the Hudson River and, beyond, the Tappan Sea or Tappan Zee, the great widening of the river north of New York. Drawn by Thomas Creswick after a sketch by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by Henry Adlard, hand-colored.
Sing Sing prison, built at Ossining from 1825 by the convicts themselves with stone from the neighboring quarry, was already one of the curiosities travelers noted as they went up the Hudson.
Medium: Hand-colored steel engraving
Artist / after: Thomas Creswick (1811-1869), after a sketch by William Henry Bartlett
Engraver / lithographer: Henry Adlard (active 1824-1869)
Date: 1840
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 in (27 x 20.5 cm)
Condition: Good; clean paper, with the very slightest browning at the upper edge
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Original engraving of 1840 with Sing Sing penitentiary on the bank of the Hudson River and, beyond, the Tappan Sea or Tappan Zee, the great widening of the river north of New York. Drawn by Thomas Creswick after a sketch by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by Henry Adlard, hand-colored.