"The Bridge, Erie Basin, N.Y." Etching by Henry B. Shope, ca. 1880

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

"The Bridge, Erie Basin, N.Y.," is an etching Henry B. Shope (1862 - 1929).   Tall masted ships, barges, horses and telegraph poles would have been a common site in Broolyn's Erie Basin from its construction in 1864 through the begining of the 1900s.

The original is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, a gift of the Chicago Society of Etchers in 1935.

Item Relations

This Item is related to Item: Brooklyn's Bonded Warehouses, 1872
This Item is related to Item: William Yorke - the Erie Basin Artist
This Item is related to Item: Atlantic Docks, 1888 Etching
This Item is related to Item: On Buttermilk Channel, etching by Henry Farrer (1844-1903)

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Published on Nov 2, 2020. Last updated on Sep 17, 2021.

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