Samuel Seymour
View of the City of New York in the State of New York, North America

View of the City of New York in the State of New York, North America

Public Domain

View of the City of New York in the State of New York, North America
ArtistAmerican, born England, active 1777–1823
AfterAmerican, born England, 1755–1834
PublisherPhiladelphia
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • View of the City of New York in the State of New York, North America
Date1803
Printed inBristol, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumEtching and engraving on wove paper, state II/III
DimensionsPlate: 21 × 25 in. (53.3 × 63.5 cm)
 Sheet: 22 1/4 × 27 in. (56.5 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Mary Beth Baird bequest, by exchange
Object numberB.2015.2
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionWilliam Russell Birch created this view of New York to stimulate interest in a series of engraved views of that city similar to his successful portfolio The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the Year 1800, the first significant collection of views of a United States city, but the work never came to fruition.
Provenance[Arader Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Painted by William Birch
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: The City of [cursive] / New York [cursive] IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK North America [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: Engraved by Samuel Seymour
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, lower center: Published Jan.y 1. 1803, by W. Birch, Springfield, near Bristol, Pennsylvania.
[no marks]
Catalogue raisonnéDeak, Picturing America, 245; Pyne collection (1912), 29; Stauffer 2884; Fielding III, 1427, ii/iii (Seymour); Webster, pp. 81-85.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America
Samuel Seymour
The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America
1801
Etching and engraving with watercolor and gouache on wove paper, state II
B.63.157
Capture of H.B.M. Sloop of War FROLIC 22 Guns Capt. Whinyates By the U.S. Sloop of War WASP 18 Guns. Capt. Jones
Samuel Seymour
Capture of H.B.M. Sloop of War FROLIC 22 Guns Capt. Whinyates By the U.S. Sloop of War WASP 18 Guns. Capt. Jones
1817
Engraving and watercolor on wove paper
B.97.20
Marriage-a-la-Mode, Plate VI
William Hogarth
Marriage-a-la-Mode, Plate VI
April/June 1745
Engraving and etching on laid paper, state II or III/III
2014.907.20
QUEBEC, The Capital of NEW-FRANCE, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court
Thomas Johnston
QUEBEC, The Capital of NEW-FRANCE, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court
1759
Engraving and etching on laid paper, state II/II
B.2002.6
John Adams, President of the United States of America
Edward Savage
John Adams, President of the United States of America
1800
Stipple engraving and etching on wove paper, state I
B.2013.38
The South Prospect of the City of New York, in North America.
William Burgis
The South Prospect of the City of New York, in North America.
1761
Engraving on laid paper
B.91.23
Ex-libris: papillon et libellule
Félix Hilaire Buhot
Ex-libris: papillon et libellule
1877, published 1885
Etching and aquatint in black ink on painted yellow wove Chinese wrapping paper with specks of gold and red stencil, state II/III
2023.187
Entretiens amoureaux–Amantium Colloqua (Conversation among lovers), from series L’Oeuvre d’Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy, from the Recueil Jullienne
Jean-Étienne Liotard
Entretiens amoureaux–Amantium Colloqua (Conversation among lovers), from series L’Oeuvre d’Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy, from the Recueil Jullienne
1731
Etching and engraving on 18th-century laid paper, state II/III
2022.247
A Rake’s Progress, Plate VI
William Hogarth
A Rake’s Progress, Plate VI
June 1735
Engraving and etching on laid paper, state II/III
2014.907.12
A Rake’s Progress, Plate VIII
William Hogarth
A Rake’s Progress, Plate VIII
June 1735
Engraving and etching on laid paper, state II/III
2014.907.14
A Rake’s Progress, Plate III
William Hogarth
A Rake’s Progress, Plate III
June 1735
Engraving and etching on laid paper, state II/III
2014.907.9
A Harlot’s Progress, Plate IV
William Hogarth
A Harlot’s Progress, Plate IV
1732
Engraving and etching on laid paper, state II/III
2014.907.4