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A Walker in the City, 18th-Century Style

Submitted by Ssir Joshua, Dec 4, 2006 08:34

One of the wonders of New York is the abundant first rate material that passes through our auction houses. Whether Christie's, Sotheby's, Doyle, or the numerous small houses scattered in town, it is always a pleasure to be able to see items of interest from Cezanne Still-Life paintings to maps as the one dealt with in this article. The research and information presented to the public gives us each a mini-education in the subject and makes us more well rounded New Yorkers. Interesting point about the Negro burial ground. Slaves were chattels. What we may find socially and historically intersting today obviously the Eighteenth Century didn't see the need for. I wonder how many other maps mentioned the burial grounds? Does this map show Washington Sq in Greenwich Village as the Potters Field it served as through the mid-19th Century? We'll have to wait for a map of Greenwich Village to come up for sale to find out the answer to that one. Maybe. Anybody know?


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