Prospect Park, Landscape that Existed in 1860

Prospect Park, Landscape in 1860

This was the landscape that existed in 1860, before the creation of Prospect Park, in Brooklyn. Title of the illustrations: Prospect Park View from the Reservoir Looking West (above) and Looking East (below). Signature of the artist to the right. Illustrations published in the First annual report of the commissioners of Prospect Park. Brooklyn, 1861.