Wall Street, East to the East River - 1812
Wall Street, looking east towards East River. Original title: Tontine Building, Wall Street, New York 1797. From an original by Geo. Holland. Lithograph by George Hayward. Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery.
George Hayward was a New York City lithographer, best known for his views of New York City, published in D.T. Valentine’s Manual. John Joseph Holland (c. 1776–1820), sometimes referred to as George Holland, immigrated from England in 1796. He moved to New York City in 1807 where he was scene painter for the New Theatre and later became its co-manager.
Although dated 1797, this illustration was probably drawn after Holland arrived in NYC in 1807, because Francis Guy painting, who arrived in the city in 1795, is also dated about the same year and represented different buildings on the north side of Wall Street, east from Water Street. In fact, in a redrawing of this engraving published in the History of New York City,... (William Leete Stone, 1872) this view is dated 1812, which is more likely.
The Tontine Coffee House (left), northwest corner of Water Street, was established in 1793. It was one of the most famous structures for many years in the commercial and shipping life of New York City. Its statutes were revised in 1834, the premises name changed to Tontine Building in 1843 and it was demolished in 1855.
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Wall Street, East to the East River - 1812