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[b] 



New York Bay. 



(From the Telegraph Station.) 



W. H. Bartlett R. WalHs 



London. Published for the Proprietors, by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, 1838. 



[c] 



The Narrows. 



(From Fort Hamilton.) 



W. H. Bartlett R. Wallis 



London. Published for the Proprietors, by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, 1838. 



In connection with these pictures the following facts are of interest: 



[a] was evidently made from the same plate, slightly altered, as that 

 from which was made a similar engraving in our collection, which bears 

 the same title but no date or place of publication and on which " Engraved 

 by J. White " takes the place of "E. Finden " below the right-hand end 

 of the lower border. Apparently the picture recently acquired is the orig- 

 inal and the other one a subsequent reprint from the altered plate. 



In the assumed original engraving it may be seen that all of the shipping 

 consists of sailing vessels, whereas in the other there are several steam 

 craft. Certain of the human figures and trees are also changed, but other- 

 wise the two pictures are identical. 



On the assumed reprint there is a pencil memorandum, " ' American 

 Scenery' (1854?)," which may be intended to designate the title of the 

 publication from which it was abstracted and the approximate date of issue. 



In our collection we also have practically the same picture in a woodcut 

 taken from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, published in 

 Boston in 1853. 



[b] was evidently made from the same plate as was one in our collec- 

 tion which is without title, date of publication, or any other data. 



[c] was evidently made from the same plate as was another in our col- 

 lection with the title " Fort Hamilton and the Narrows " and with the 

 name " F. O. Freeman" in place of " R. Wallis " below the right-hand end 

 of the lower border. It seems reasonable to assume that in this instance 

 also we have an original engraving and a subsequent reprint. 



In the assumed original only sailing vessels are depicted, whereas in the 

 other, one of these vessels is replaced by a steamship, and a flock of sheep 

 and figures of civilians are replaced by soldiers. It may also be seen that 

 in the first the flag on the fort is represented at half mast, in the other at 

 full mast. 



3. Bound volume of the Richmond County Mirror, vol. i, July 1837- 

 July 1838, edited by Francis L. Hagadorn, and recently purchased for the 

 Association from his grandson Francis C. Hagadorn, for $5.00, through 



