Carl Fredrik Akrell
Brodway-gatan och Rådhuset i New York (Broadway Street and City Hall in New York)

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Artist Carl Fredrik Akrell (Swedish, 1779–1868)Swedish, 1779–1868

Artistafter Baron Axel Leonhard Klinckowström (Swedish, 1775–1837)Swedish, 1775–1837

CultureSwedish

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Brodway-gatan och Rådhuset i New York (Broadway Street and City Hall in New York)
from Atlas til friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente staterne (Atlas of Baron Klinckowstrom's Letters on the United States)

Date1824

Place depictedNew York , New York, United States

MediumEtching and aquatint with engraving on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 16 3/8 × 21 in. (41.7 × 53.3 cm)
Mat: 17 1/2 × 24 3/16 in. (44.5 × 61.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the E. Rudge Allen, Jr. family in honor of Fayez, Christopher, and Philip Sarofim at "One Great Night in November, 2012"

Object numberB.2013.6

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DescriptionThe author of this iconic New York cityscape, the Swedish aristocrat Baron Axel Leonhard Klinckowstrom, toured the United States between 1818 and 1820 on a quest to gather materials for a travel account of the young republic. When Letters from the United States was published in 1824, complementing Klinckowstrom’s vivid text was an atlas which reproduced nineteen watercolor renderings that were executed during his time in this country. Perhaps the finest of these, Broadway-Street and the City Hall in New York, effectively captures the atmosphere in what was then Manhattan’s most elegant neighborhood. The most prominent landmarks remain to the present day. To the left is St. Paul’s Chapel, while on the far right is Joseph Francois Mangin and John McComb, Jr.’s City Hall, which in time came to be recognized as the signature Neoclassical-style building of early nineteenth-century New York. This view depicts New York poised to begin its ascent to becoming the Empire City.
Provenance[Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History"The World of Duncan Phyfe: The Arts of New York, 1800–1847," Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 2011–12.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, left: Rit. af Klinckowström
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, center: Brodway-gatan och Rådhuset i Newyork.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, right: Gr. Af Akrell
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top left: 580'

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