THE HEART OF BROOKLYN : BOROUGH HALL AND THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING : FROM COURT STREET.

Vernon Howe Bailey

Artist's Biography

The Heart of Brooklyn : Borough Hall and the Municipal Building : From Court Street.

Ink drawing on paper c.1930.
Image size 15 x 13 1/16" (38.2 x 33.1 cm).
Good condition, some discoloration in the margins. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 97378
Price: $1,100.00
Publisher : Original pen & ink drawing

Brooklyn Borough Hall is located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. It was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style. It was completed in 1848 to be used as the City Hall of the former City of Brooklyn. In January 1898 the independent City of Brooklyn merged with the City of New York, and Kings County became the Borough of Brooklyn, at which time the building became Brooklyn Borough Hall.

The Brooklyn Municipal Building was built in 1924

This drawing is undated but was likely produced soon after the Municipal Building was built.

Vernon Howe Bailey was an American artist, born in Camden, New Jersey. He studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and worked as an illustrator for a number of American newspapers in his early career, including Philadelphia Times and the Boston Herald. Bailey moved to Europe in 1907, where he continued his artistic career. When the U.S. joined World War I in 1917, he was commissioned by the U.S. government to produce his "war works" series, in which he illustrated the war effort at naval yards, ammunition factories and other such entities. Many of these illustrations are now housed in the Smithsonian Institution.

Bailey is well regarded for his architectural and naval works.

Signed in ink. 20th Century Subjects , New York City , Brooklyn