Central Park
Bound volume
Central Park
1862
Unbound volume of albumen silver prints
Overall: 13 1/2 × 12 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (34.3 × 32 × 5.5 cm)
Purchase
1976.0031.0001-0035
DescriptionGroup of 35 mounted albumen prints housed in a box designed to resemble a leather bound book. Box is covered in marbleized paper with red moroccan leather corners and binding. Blindstamped leather plate on the cover dedicates these images to A. H. Green, New York City civic leader and city planner involved with the project for Central Park.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on red leather on front cover, C: TO \ A.H. GREEN ESQ. \ WITH THE RESPECTS OF THE ARTIST \ V. PREVOST
Debossed in gold on red leather on spine, TC: CENTRAL \ PARK. \ 1862.
Debossed in gold on red leather on spine, TC: CENTRAL \ PARK. \ 1862.
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