'CELEBRATING A CENTURY' EVENT!
Brooklyn in Prints: A Special Gathering
Reception & Gallery Talk:
Friday, Feb. 26, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Admission: $15; BHA and BHS Members: $10.
Space is limited, so please RSVP by calling 718.222.4111 or email vservice@brooklynhistory.org
Exhibition to public opens Feb. 27 and runs through March 14.
The Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street at Clinton Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
In celebration of its Centennial, the BHA has arranged for a special exhibition of rare and unusual prints showing Brooklyn Heights and the area over a period of 150 years. The exhibit will be shown at the Brooklyn Historical Society and has been curated by the prestigious Old Print Shop of Manhattan. For an in-depth preview of the prints visit the Old Print Shop's website.
Prints will be available for sale, with proceeds to benefit the BHS and the BHA.
Preview
New York Nocturne. [Brooklyn, New York.]
Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978)
Lithograph, 1945.
Image size 9 15/16 x 16 15/16" (250 x 425 mm).
Edition 85.
Brooklyn, L. I. As seen from Trinity Church, New York.
John W. Hill
[Published by] Smith Brothers & Co. New York.
Two-stone lithograph, 1853.
Drawn by John W. Hill. A wonderful view of the New York waterfront. The Wall Street Ferry terminal is in the foreground. The side wheelers "Bay State" and "Connecticut" can been seen in the East River.
The Stoop. (on State Street, Brooklyn Heights).
Mortimer Borne (1902-1987)
Multi-plate color etching, 1949.
Image size 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (276 x 352 mm).
Edition unknown.
The Heights, Brooklyn.
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926)
Etching, 1924.
Edition Size: Probably 25 proofs, (rare).
Brooklyn Bound.
Alan Petrulis (b. 1954)
Etching, 2008
Image size 5 13/16 x 9 7/8" (148 x 249 mm).
Edition 100
New-York and Environs, : from Williamsburgh.
Published by Williams & Stevens, 353 Broadway, New York and Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand, London.
Lithograph printed in color and finished by hand, 1848.
Image size 20 1/16 x 32 3/8" (510 x 823 mm).
Drawn from nature and lithographed by E. W. Foreman and E. Brown Jr., New York. Printed by Sarony & Major 117 Fulton St. N.Y. A key identifies thirteen locations. The Brooklyn Navy Yard is at far left.