Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 54.90.500
Date:
After 1825
Notes:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 444.
Summary:
View of Elizabeth Street in New York City, with the small watchman's box standing between the Methodist Meeting House on the right, and a row of buildings on the left, the residents of which are identified in the inscription. In 1812, no. 41 Elizabeth Street was occupied by a cabinetmaker named John Jungerick. In 1810 and in 1812, no. 45 Elizabeth Street was occupied by a grocer named Sarah Piggot. A John Mount is listed as a cartman. The buildings and street are covered in snow, and watchman walking down the street leaves a trail of footprints from the sidewalk to the street.
