Distribution of the American Art Union prizes,...

Print shows a large audience at the Broadway Tabernacle attending the annual distribution of the American Art Union prizes and lottery of paintings by American artists; the galleries are full and many well-dressed men and women are standing in the foreground, an indication of the rising interest in fine art collecting in New York City. There is a simple chandelier at center and globes for gas lighting around the balcony, there is also a large organ in the background.
246 U.S. Copyright Office.

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Inscribed in ink on bottom: 246. Deposited in Clerk's Office Southern District N.Y. June 19, 1848.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).