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Accession #	48.53
Artist	Thomas Chambers
Title	Staten Island and the Narrows
Date	ca. 1835-1855
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	frame: 26 1/2 x 35 x 2 1/2 in. (67.3 x 88.9 x 6.4 cm) 21 15/16 x 30 1/4 in. (55.8 x 76.9 cm)
Credit Line	Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Location	American Identities: A Brooklyn Orientation

Curatorial Remarks:

This lively image records the lower New York harbor between southern Brooklyn and Staten Island that is now spanned by the Verrazano Bridge. Thomas Chambers's paintings are often based on prints, and they were seldom signed or date. His style was distinguished by a bold sense of composition and brilliant coloring, often with an enamel-like finish. This view is based on William Bartlett's engraving published in American Scenery (1840).