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Photogravure by A.W. Elson & Co. of the painting by Richard Rummell, surrounded by 112 halftone photograph portraits of prominent businessmen. Central image is 37.5x57 cm (14¾x22½"), overall 91x69 cm (35¾x27"); neatly taped into mat.

Sepia-toned print of the New York Stock Exchange, with the spire of Trinity Church converging in the distance.  Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages fill the streets in this turn-of-the-century view.  In the lower left corner is a small bust portrait of the architect who designed the Stock Exchange, George B. Post. From 1896 to 1915, the publisher of the view, Moses King, celebrated the city in his "Views of New York," a photographic survey that chronicled the streets and skylines of Manhattan and Brooklyn. King emphasized New York's superiority in the realms of commerce, culture and technology, asserting "New York stands unsurpassed anywhere on the globe."  King’s views were immensely popular and remain a fascinating record of New York's evolving skyline. The present view is signed in the plate by Richard Rummell, an American artist who specialized in panoramic bird's-eye views of cities, towns and campuses, which he executed in watercolor for reproduction as prints. The print is quite rare - only one copy is listed in OCLC/WorldCat, at the Boston Public Library.