Antique View of Gowanus Heights Brooklyn New York, Meyer ca. 1850
€ 240
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1850
Sheet size
15.7 × 23 cm (6.2 × 9.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14038-147
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Very good condition overall, with mild age toning and occasional minor spotting in the margins consistent with age. Strong impression with full margins preserved.
About this sheet
Gowanus Heights near Brooklyn, an original steel engraving published around 1850 by the Bibliographisches Institut of Hildburghausen in Meyer's Die Fünf Welttheile dargestellt in Bild & Wort. The sheet is printed in black. The plate title, in German, reads "Die 'Gowanus Heights' bei Brooklyn", with the Hildburghausen imprint and the publisher's property line beneath.
The view looks down a country road lined with tall trees and wooden houses. A horse-drawn cart and several figures stand in the middle ground, and a few more walkers appear farther up the road. Below, a scatter of rooftops marks the settlement, with the water of the harbor opening out behind it and church towers rising on the ridge at the right.
Gowanus lies on the shore of Brooklyn facing New York Bay. The heights above it were the ground of the Battle of Long Island in 1776, so the quiet, half-rural scene shown here recalls a place already known to American readers for its Revolutionary War history, before Brooklyn was built up into a city.
