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Prints and Lithographs

Prints and Lithographs

The South Street Seaport Museum houses an outstanding collection of over 2,500 lithographs and prints. These prints primarily depict New York City scenes; New York Harbor landscapes, ships and shipyards; the American Civil War; and clippings from popular culture, such as P. T. Barnum’s American Museum.

The primary focus of our prints collection is American wood engravings and drawings produced in the mid-late 19th century and early 20th century.; Hhowever the Seaport Museum’s holdings also include a growing number of 20th century works on paper.

Notable artists include Frances Palmer (1875-1962) and John A. Noble (1913-1983).

View of New York From Brooklyn Heights, n.d. (reproduction), 1849 (original)
Fly Market, 1857
Knickerbocker Co. Cutting Ice. Rockland Lake, 1846
Grocery & Tea Store corner of Spring & Crosby St. N.Y. 1826, 1865
The Fish Landing Slip at Fulton Market, New York, 1887
Fulton Market, ca. 1940-1950
New York Harbor, ca. 1950

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