Hart, Charles [after Hughson Hawley]:

$4,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. A scarce and attractive chromolithographic view of the New York Stock Exchange's middle iteration, when it stood at 10 Broad Street from 1880 until 1903. The building was designed by James Renwick, a leading American architect who designed the Smithsonian Institution Building and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, among many other famous structures. His design for a new Stock Exchange building was first completed in 1872 and then enlarged and renovated in 1880. The new building was particularly well-known for the red granite columns which are captured vividly in this view, and which stood until the building was replaced in 1903 by George Post's iconic neoclassical structure. This colorful and strikingly accurate rendering of the building was done by the hand of Hughson Hawley, an English-born artist who became known for his architectural drawings and designs. He operated a highly successful business in the city for over fifty years, and many of his architectural illustrations were appealing and popular enough to be reproduced for commercial distribution. Hawley has captured a vibrant and lively scene on Broad Street, with a wide range of mostly well-dressed men and women engaged in eager conversation, reading the newspaper, and generally going about their business. Of particular note are the all-important telegraph lines leading from the exchange and across the city, and a lone pair of African-American men in straw hats in conversation with what

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