New York: Goupil & Co., 1851. View. Original color lithograph with hand coloring. Measures 27 1/4" x 39 1/4". In archival sliver-leaf frame. This 1851 dramatic bird's-eye view of mid-19th century New York City, created by German/American artists Wilhelm Heine, Julius Hermann Kummer, and Karl Emil Dopler, offers a striking depiction of the city as seen from a balloon above Governor's Island. The detailed illustration captures New York's rapid development up Manhattan Island, with the city's frontier visible in the..... More