Description

B.T. Babbitt, 64, 65, 66 … Washington Street, New York, 41, 42, 43, & 44 West Street, betw. Rector & Morris Streets. Created by Shearman A. James and published between 1870 and 1880. Drawing with ink wash, graphite, crayon, and opaque white.

Drawing from elevated perspective shows a soap factory in lower Manhattan, from West St. looking northeast, with wharf in foreground and Equitable Building identified in background.