Early 19th Century Brooklyn Heights Landscape
Artist Francis Guy painted Summer View of Brooklyn (oil on canvas), in about 1820; it’s now in the museum collection of the Brooklyn Historical Society. This is a view seen from the window at 11 Front Street–right under what is now the Brooklyn Bridge. Although Guy made several other versions, this is the only known…
Artist Francis Guy painted Summer View of Brooklyn (oil on canvas), in about 1820; it’s now in the museum collection of the Brooklyn Historical Society. This is a view seen from the window at 11 Front Street–right under what is now the Brooklyn Bridge. Although Guy made several other versions, this is the only known summer scene.
Museum Collection [BHS] GMAP
There’s a huge version of this painting in the Brooklyn Museum. Painted from the same perspective but a winter scene with people on the street, which I guess you’re alluding to when you said what you posted is the only summer scene.
It’s on the “American Perspectives” floor right in the first room. Very interesting.
i love that painting… i’ve been meaning to go to the BHS