Charles Graham
Charles Graham (1852 - August 9, 1911) was an American artist, draftsman, cartographer, and lithographer. Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Graham was a self-taught artist and worked as a theater backdrop painter in Chicago. By 21, he was working for the Northern Pacific Railroad as a topographer/mapmaker. He moved to New York City at 23 and began working for Harper's Weekly, with his work appearing in nearly every issue between 1880 and 1892 or 1893. While at Harper's, he traveled the American West making art for the magazine. He left Harper's in 1893 to become a freelancer, contributing to the New York Herald, Collier's, and other magazines alongside continuing to create work for Harper's. He shifted from pencil drawing to watercolor and oil painting around this time. In 1893, Graham was designated the official artist of the World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair). He lived in San Francisco from 1883 until 1896, when he returned to New York. He died in New York in 1911 after a long illness.
Pushing the Greater New York Charter.
Greater New York. Birdseye View Especially Drawn and painted for the New York Tribune.
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This is a January 1897 Charles Graham and New York Tribune view of Greater New York City - a persuasive piece issued to promote the idea of Greater New York, which involved consolidating Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island into a single city. When this map was issued, the Greater New York City Charter was a matter of fierce debate in the State Legislature, with most protests coming from Brooklyn, which feared loss of autonomy. The Tribune was pro-Charter. (more details)