Bornet, John
John Bornet (1810 - 1910) was a New York based landscape painter and lithographer active in the middle part of the 20th century. Bornet is best known for his New York City views, which range from bird's-eye perspectives to views of specific buildings. In America on Stone, (p. 100), Bornet is described as 'a very competent artist'. He appeared in New York directories between 1852 and 1856 and all of his existing work dates to this period. Little is known of his life beyond his work and after 1856 he appears in no records. We found only one record regarding his birth and death, suggesting he lived a prodigiously long life, uncommon at the time, but certainly possible.
The only contemporaneous view to illustrate Seneca Village, New York's first African American community.
Panorama of Manhattan Island, City of New York and Environs.
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This is a gorgeous c. 1854 John Bornet panoramic bird's-eye view of the city on the cusp of its monumental expansion northwards in the second half of the 19th century. Among other points of interest, this is the only view we are aware of to show the buildings of Seneca Village, New York City's first African American community, in what is today Central Park. (more details)
Where the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Bridge now stands.
Panorama of the Harbor of New York, Staten Island and the Narrows.
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A most unusual 1854 Bornet chromolithograph bird's-eye view of the Verrazzano Narrows and New York City harbor. In addition to illustrating the Narrows, the view also depicts the site of the Staten Island Quarantine, a marine hospital used to house sick sailors before admitting them to New York Harbor. The hospital was controversial, resented by the Staten Island elite, whose mansions also appear here, leading to the Staten Island Quarantine War just four years after this view was issued. The war fully destroyed the Quarantine. (more details)