Name/Title
ALBANY- CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORKEntry/Object ID
L.2007.169Description
Lithograph of sailboats on a river in front of a city: many sailboats, a rowboat, and a steamboat move along a smooth river; three birds fly close to the water in the foreground; many ships are docked close to the shore; the city of Albany covers the low hill sloping to the river on the far shore; visible are many houses, the spires of churches, billows of smoke, and a cupola; to the right is more rural an area with many fields; beyond the city is a row of trees; a border of two simple lines surrounds the image; above the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "4e Livrason [4th Edition];" in center is printed, "AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE. ÉTAT DE NEW-YORK;" on far right is printed, "Pl.1.;" below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "Lithographié par Deroy"; on far right corner is printed, "Dessiné d'après nature par J. Milbert."; below on left is printed the title in French, "Vue d'Albany, Capitale de l'état de New-York."; in center enclosed in a circle is printed, "No. 13."; on right is printed the title in English, "Albany- Capital of the state of New-York"; below on left is printed the title in Latin, "Urbs Albany Cput provinciae New York."; in center is printed, "Imp. Lith. de Bove dirigee par Noël ainé & Cie."; on right is printed the title in German, "Stadt Albany Hauptstadt in New-York."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), inkMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Jacques Gérard MilbertAttribution
ArtistArtist
Isidore-Laurent (?) DeroyAttribution
LithographerArtist
BoveAttribution
PrinterManufacturer
Henri GaugainDate made
1828 - 1829Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
11-1/2 inWidth
15 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 15 in. (29.2 x 38.1 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Mounted on wove paper at time of publication; discoloration along top, bottom, and right edges; erased writing in pencil, top right; left edge cut irregularly; light line of graphite, bottom left; righto is discolored beneath image and slightly soiled.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William DieboldNotes
Former ownerRelated Entries
Notes
L.2007.168 - Lithograph - Similar item
L.2007.170 - Lithograph - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Diebold Box #39Note Type
General NoteNote
Albany- Capital of the state of New-York is number 13 in "Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties latérales de l’Amérique du Nord". Published by H. Gaugain and Co. in 1828-9, Jacques Milbert completed the illustrations Picturesque Itinerary during a stay in America between 1815 and 1823. The drawings were made into lithographs by numerous English lithographers.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B7Note Type
DepartmentNote
Library