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(NEW YORK CITY -- ROOSEVELT ISLAND.) Penitentiary on Blackwell's Island (fr. foot of 61st Street).
Estimate:
$300 - $400
Sold
$406
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Description
Description: (NEW YORK CITY -- ROOSEVELT ISLAND.) Penitentiary on Blackwell's Island (fr. foot of 61st Street). Ink and watercolor sketch focused on the imposing nineteenth-century prison and hospital compound at the southern tip of Blackwell's (Roosevelt) Island with a ship's sail in the far channel and a vague hint of Hunter's point beyond. 2¾x7½ inches sight; matted and framed; acidic mat stain but image unblemished. New York, April 13, 1851