Catalog Archive
Auction 147, Lot 233

"[Lot of 4] A Plan of the City of New York from an Actual Survey [and] Plan & Location of the Great Pier for the North River... [and] [Untitled - Great East River Pier] [and] [Untitled - The East River]",

Subject: New York City, New York

Period: 1849 (circa)

Publication: Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Warehousing System

Color: Black & White

Size:
See Description
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

These four maps were taken from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the warehousing system which shows the development of the docks in New York City.

A. A Plan of the City of New York from an Actual Survey, by James Lyne, dated 1728 (21.9 x 16.9").

B. Plan & Location of the Great Pier for the North River Also the Soundings of that River, and Delineation Showing the Present State of the Shore from the Battery to 42nd Street, by Edward Ewen, circa 1849 (33.5 x 4.6").

C. [Untitled - Great East River Pier], circa 1849 (17.5 x 3.5").

D. [Untitled - The East River], circa 1849 (17.1 x 3.0").

References:

Condition: B+

Issued folding with light toning and a few small spots of foxing.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $190

Closed on 11/20/2013

Archived