
View of the Bay and Harbor of New York, from Gowanus Heights, Brooklyn
William Henry Bartlett (d. 1854)
ca. 1841 or 1852 · Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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View of the Bay and Harbor of New York, from Gowanus Heights, Brooklyn
William Henry Bartlett (d. 1854)
ca. 1841 or 1852 · Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Haverstraw Bay
Sanford Robinson Gifford (d. 1880)
1868 · Painting, oil on canvas
Cleared · CC0
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Bay and Harbor of New York from Bedlow's Island
Edmund C. Coates (d. 1872)
1850–60 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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Sketchbook, page 18: "Dixville Notch, Sept. 4, 89"
Sanford Robinson Gifford (d. 1880)
1859 · Bound Volume, graphite
Cleared · CC0
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
New York Bay
Augustus Kollner (d. 1906)
August 1839 · Pen and ink over traces of graphite
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
The Battery, New York by Moonlight (recto); View of the Battery, New York, From the Bay (verso)
Jonathan F. Badeau (d. 1850)
1849 · Wood engraving on yellow paper
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
New York Bay, from Bay Ridge, L.I.
Frances Flora Bond Palmer (d. 1876)
1860 · Hand-colored lithograph with gum arabic additions
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
The Narrows – New York Bay from Staten Island
Currier & Ives (d. 1907)
1857–72 · Lithograph; uncolored
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
New York Bay from Bay Ridge, Long Island
Currier & Ives (d. 1907)
1868–78 · Hand-colored lithograph
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
The Lower Bay, New York
B. J. O. Nordfeldt (d. 1955)
1915 · Etching
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Devil's Oven, Alexandria Bay, New York souvenir views (W500)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–30 · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
The Crossmon, Alexandria Bay from Thousand Islands, New York souvenir views (W500)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–30 · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
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