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The New City Hall, New York

Pavel Petrovich Svinin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a large building with a tower. The building is on the left side of the image. It has a symmetrical design with columns on the bottom floor and rows of evenly spaced windows on the upper floors. A flag flies from the top of the tower. There are trees on either side of the image. A road curves in front of the building with a sidewalk on the right side. The sky is cloudy and gray.

Artwork details

Date:
1811–ca. 1813
Medium:
Watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 386 px
Museum record:
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