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PRINTS - ENGRAVINGS
Cozzens, Frederic Schiller
USA: New York: New York; Swinburne I
September 06, 1879
13.63 x 9.25 x 0

Wood engravings from 9/6/1879 issue of "Harper's Weekly" showing various scenes of "QUARANTINE, NEW YORK BAY. DRAWN BY F. S. COZZENS." Top to bottom: "LOWER QUARANTINE." showing quarantine hulk; "SWINBURNE ISLAND HOSPITAL." off Staten Island in lower New York Bay; and anchored ships unloading in the "UPPER QUARANTINE" area of Upper New York Bay. A small vignette entitled "DOCTOR'S BOAT" shows a small boat approaching an arriving square rigger. Signed "F. S. Cozzens" at l.r. corner. Some foxing at right edge.

1982.116.1