Perkins, Granville  “City of Baltimore.”   From Picturesque America
Perkins, Granville  “City of Baltimore.”   From Picturesque America
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Perkins, Granville “City of Baltimore.” From Picturesque America

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Granville Perkins.  “City of Baltimore.”  From Picturesque America. 

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872.  Approximately 5 x 9 (image).  Steel engraving.  Very good condition.  

A handsome print from Picturesque America.  This two volume set and others of its genre were popular during the mid-nineteenth century.  Through their ample illustrations they provided a glimpse of nineteenth century America, its towns, cities, rivers, ports, important architecture, and other areas of interest.  As stated by Sue Rainey, in her excellent Creating ‘Picturesque America’,  “As the first publication to celebrate the entire continental nation, it enabled Americans, after the trauma of the Civil War, to construct a national self-image based on reconciliation between North and South and incorporation of the West.”  (p. xiii) 

Other steel engraved views from Picturesque America:

City of Boston

City of Buffalo

City of Cincinnati

City of Cleveland

City of Detroit

City of Louisville

City of Milwaukee

East Rock, New Haven

New Orleans

City of New York from Brooklyn Heights

The Terrace, Central Park

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park

City of Providence

Quebec

Richmond from the James

City of St. Louis

Washington, from Arlington Heights