VIEW IN ALBANY

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

VIEW IN ALBANY

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.153

Description

Lithograph of a busy city street lined with Dutch buildings: a man on horseback, figures on foot, and a carriage move along a dirt road curbed with stone; a group of fashionably-dressed people stand in conversation; a man carries two buckets; a mother and her sun sit on a curb; a pair of dogs approach each other; streetlights line the road; on the left is a white church; there is a tree in front of the church; the left side of the street is lined with buildings and a short row of trees; most of the buildings have Dutch stepped gables; there is one modern building in the distance; on the right side of the street is a house with a stepped gable; two unused chimneys at sit at the top of the gable; a chimney spewing smoke sits to the right of the house; the windows are lined with wood and are topped with decorative brick arches; there is a sign above the second floor windows; there is another old house to the right, a fan window above the door; the image is surrounded by a border of two lines; below the image, on far left is printed "Tirpenne, lith."; in center is printed "Lith de Ligny Frères. R. Quincampoix, 38."; on far right is printed, "Dessine par J. Milbert."; below is printed the title in French, "Intérieur de la ville d'Albany."; in center is printed "No. 6"; on right is printed the title in English, "View in Albany."

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), ink

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Jacques Gérard Milbert

Attribution

Artist

Artist

Jean Louis Tirpenne

Attribution

Lithographer

Manufacturer

Freres Ligny

Date made

1828 - 1829

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

16-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (31.8 x 41.9 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Small loss bottom left; writing in pencil top right; some abrasion of ink around border; small areas of slight yellowing throughout; recto has brown spot, center; slight soiling throughout.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.152 - Print - Similar item L.2007.178 - Print - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #39 Written in pencil on print is "75-"

Note Type

General Note

Note

View in Albany is a copy of is number 14 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. Scanned item not entire object.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B6

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Department

Note

Library