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Ann Feinstein collection of New York City prints

Call Number

PR 300

Date

1850-2003, inclusive

Creator

Feinstein, Ann (Role: Collector)

Extent

2.04 Linear feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

This collection is primarily visual. Any text is likely to be in English.

Abstract

Collection of fine art and commercial prints depicting New York City scenes and views. Includes etching, lithographs and other printmaking processes.

Arrangement

This collection is organized in two series:

Series I: Fine Art Prints (arranged by artist)
Series II: Commercial Prints (arranged by publication)

The finding aid is arranged intellectually, while the physical materials are arranged by size. As a result, box numbers within the finding aid may not be consecutive.

Scope and Contents

The Ann Feinstein Collection of New York City Prints includes approximately 150 prints that span the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is divided into two series: Fine Art Prints and Commercial Prints.

Fine Art Prints are arranged by artist. Most of the prints are etchings; a small number of lithographs, aquatints and linoleum cuts are also included. The prints depict buildings and scenes in New York City. Titles are listed in the finding aid.

Commercial Prints consist primarily of illustrations for the pictorial press and are arranged by publication. Loose newspaper illustrations (mainly from Harper's Weekly) depict urban experiences in the 19th century, including tenements, the homeless and street people. A few full issues of Harper's and Frank Leslie's are also included. In addition, this series includes Parts 1 through 5 of the 1875 edition of Old New York from the Battery To Bloomingdale, with illustrations by Eliza Greatorex.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Conditions Governing Use

Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.

Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as: Ann Feinstein Collection of New York City Prints, PR 300, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.

Location of Materials

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of David Feinstein, 2013

Separated Materials

Reproduction prints from Valentine's Manual and King's New York handbook; three trade cards from the Singer Sewing Company; and a few prints depicting scenes in England, have been separated and added to the Geographic File, PR 20.

Related Materials

Similar works by the artists represented in this collection (and other artists) can be found in the Fine Art Prints of New York Collection, PR 299, the Printmaker File, PR 58, and the James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings, PR 7.

Collection processed by

Susan Kriete

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:47:42 -0400.
Language: Description is in English

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024