Staten Island and the Narrows
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This lively image records the lower New York harbor between southern Brooklyn and Staten Island that is now spanned by the Verrazano Bridge. Thomas Chambers's paintings are often based on prints, and they were seldom signed or date. His style was distinguished by a bold sense of composition and brilliant coloring, often with an enamel-like finish. This view is based on William Bartlett's engraving published in American Scenery (1840).
Caption
Thomas Chambers (American, 1808–died after 1866). Staten Island and the Narrows, ca. 1835–1855. Oil on canvas, frame: 26 1/2 x 35 x 2 1/2 in. (67.3 x 88.9 x 6.4 cm) 21 15/16 x 30 1/4 in. (55.8 x 76.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 48.53. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Staten Island and the Narrows
Date
ca. 1835–1855
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
frame: 26 1/2 x 35 x 2 1/2 in. (67.3 x 88.9 x 6.4 cm) 21 15/16 x 30 1/4 in. (55.8 x 76.9 cm)
Credit Line
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Accession Number
48.53
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