Cross Streets of New York
1899
Everett Shinn

charcoal, watercolor, pastel, white chalk, and chinese white on paper
55.3 x 74.3 cm (21 5/8 x 29 1/4 in.)
Copyright Corcoran Gallery of Art, Gift of Margaret M. Hitchcock by exchange

Originally titled Down Near the Eastern End of the Street, this drawing illustrated an article in Collier's magazine that took readers on an imaginary tour across the city. Like many guidebooks and articles published during the first decade of the century, Cross Streets of New York attempted to decipher the contrasts and odd neighborhood juxtapositions that characterized New York.

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