Samuel Hollyer - A Collection of Historical New York Views

Samuel Hollyer's original engravings, 'A Collection of Historical New York Views': The following collection includes original hand signed engravings by Samuel Hollyer depicting historical views of such New York landmarks as "Bowling Green in Colonial Days (1750)", "Corner of 34th Street & 11th Avenue", "Ferry House, Corner of Broad & Garden Streets (1700)", "First Brick Presbyterian Church", "First Garden Street Church (or Old South) (1693)", "Franconi's Hippodrome, Madison Square, Broadway (1853)", "Fulton Market (1852)", "Government House (1790)", "New York Harbor & Yacht Fancy", "Novum Amsterodamum (New Amsterdam)", "Number 7 State Street", "Old Revenue Office (1849)", "Rotunda (1816)", "Union Square & Broadway" and "Wall Street (1825)". These original Samuel Hollyer engravings thus constitute a most impressive grouping of Manhattan art, culture and history.

Samuel Hollyer: Born in England, Samuel Hollyer studied engraving techniques under Edward and William Finden. He first came to the United States in 1851 and was commissioned by various New York City publishers. He twice returned to work in England, for periods of two and six years, before settling permanently in New York in 1861. For more than the following fifty years Samuel Hollyer created many fine engravings mezzotints and etchings. He was equally well respected for his topographical views, portraits and ex-libris plates.

Samuel Hollyer began perhaps his most important contribution to the arts at the age of seventy-five. From 1901 to 1912 he created at least 141 historical engravings depicting views of New York concentrating upon scenes and buildings that were mostly no more. Churches, markets, taverns, houses, public buildings and other institutions were depicted from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. Each engraving was issued separately in small, hand-signed editions and collected by antiquarians and such prominent New Yorkers as J. Clarence Davies. The original engravings listed on this page are printed upon fine china paper impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper and are all signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving.

Today the art of Samuel Hollyer is included in such major collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Extensive collections of Hollyer's Old New York views will be found at both the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society. The New-York Historical Society has recently published a useful research paper entitled, Guide to Samuel Hollyer's Old New York Views *

Reference: * S. Markham & J. Gotwals, eds., Guide to Samuel Hollyer's Old New York Views, 1901-1912, New York, The New-York Historical Society & New York University Libraries, 2003. http:dlib.nyu.edu

G. B. Opitz, Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Poughkeepsie, New York, Apollo Books, 1987, p. 414.

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Historical Engravings Depicting Views of New York
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	Title: Bowling Green in Colonial Days, 1750 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: c. 1910 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer’s Old New York Image Size: 5 x 6 3/4 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Bowling Green in Colonial Days, 1750 is not listed in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society. It therefore is probably very scarce.

	Title: Corner of 34th Street and 11th Avenue, 1843 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1912 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer’s Old New York Image Size: 5 x 7 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Corner of 34th Street and 11th Avenue, 1843 is not listed in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society. It therefore is probably very scarce.

	Title: Ferry House, Corner of Broad & Garden Streets, 1700 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1906 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer’s Old New York Image Size: 5 x 6 3/4 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Ferry House, Corner of Broad & Garden Streets, 1700 is not listed in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society. It therefore is probably very scarce.

	Title: First Brick Presbyterian Church, 1768 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1905 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 7 x 5 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer's hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: First Brick Presbyterian Church, 1768 is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 78.

	Title: First Garden Street Church (or Old South), 1693 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1906 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 6 3/4 x 5 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: First Garden Street Church (or Old South), 1693 is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 77.

	Title: Franconi's Hippodrome, Madison Square, Broadway, 1853 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1912 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 4 3/4 X 6 3/8 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer's hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Franconi's Hippodrome, Madison Square, Broadway, 1853 is not listed in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society. It therefore is probably very scarce.

	Title: Fulton Market, 1852 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1911 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 5 x 6 3/4 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: The above guide lists a Fulton Market, 1850 (#119). It is not known if this is the same engraving or an entirely different one not present in the New-York Historical Society Collection.

	Title: Government House, 1790 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1905 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 5 x 6 3/4 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Government House, 1790 is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 85.

	Title: New York Harbor and Yacht Fancy, 1717 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1905 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 4 3/4 X 6 5/8 Matted Price: (Sold) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Note: New York Harbor and Yacht Fancy is listed in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society guide under number 110.

	Title: Novum Amsterodamum (New Amsterdam, 1667) Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1911 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 5 x 6 3/4 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Novum Amsterodamum (New Amsterdam, 1667) is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 132.

	Title: Number 7 State Street, 1850 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1911 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 6 3/4 x 5 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Number 7 State Street, 1850 is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 131.

	Title: Old Revenue Office, 1849 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1911 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 6 3/4 x 5 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: The above guide lists a Revenue Office, 1855 (#134). It is not known if this is the same engraving or an entirely different one not in the New-York Historical Society Collection.

	Title: Rotunda, 1816 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1905 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer’s Old New York Image Size: 5 X 6 3/4 Matted Price: $295.00 US - (Buy Now) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Rotunda, 1816 is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 101.

	Title: Union Square and Broadway, 1849 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1905 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 4 3/4 X 6 7/8 Matted Price: (Sold) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Union Square and Broadway, 1849 is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 105.

	Title: Wall Street, 1825 Artist: Samuel Hollyer (London, 1826 - New York, 1919) Date: 1906 Medium: Original Engraving Source: Hollyer's Old New York Image Size: 4 3/4 X 6 1/2 Matted Price: (Sold) Condition: Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a sheet of white, wove paper. Signed in pencil by Samuel Hollyer under the engraving and signed and dated by him within the plate. Bearing the inscribed title (probably in Hollyer’s hand) along the extreme lower margin. Containing very faint scuffing and foxing in the outer margins -- well removed from the actual engraving -- else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Note: Wall Street, 1825 is listed in in the above guide of 141 Old New York Views compiled from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society under number 107.