General View of Troy, New York

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Views of American Cities

This remarkable early American lithograph is from the scarce work by Augustus Kollner’s Views of American Cities. The work was published in by Goupil, Vibert, & Co. of New York & Paris between 1848 and 1851. The lithograph was completed by Isidore-Laurent Deroy and printed in Paris by Cattier. This is a high quality lithograph with the blind stamp is present.

Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Kollner (1812-1906) was a German-born artist, engraver, and lithographer. He worked in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France before emigrating to the United States in 1839. He continued his work drawing American scenery, where Goupil, Vibert, & Co. decided to publish a series of his views.

“Popularly known for his illustrations for many volumes published by the American Sunday School Union, Kollner also undertook a major print series, Views of American Cities, published un New York and Paris by Goupil, Vibert and Company between 1848 and 1851.” (Deák 494)

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