Kimmel, Christopher (sold)
Christopher Kimmel (1830 - May 4, 1872) also known as P. K. Kimmel, was an engraver, lithographer and printer in New York City active in the middle to late 19th century. Kimmel was born in Germany around 1830 and emigrated to New York around 1850. From 1853 to at least 1862, he published prints with British-born engraver Samuel Capewell, with whom he lived in the same Manhattan immigrant boarding house in 1850. Together, they published under the imprint of 'Capewell and Kimmel'. In 1863 Capewell was drafted to fight for the Union in the American Civil War where records suggest he died in 1865. From 1865 to 1871, Kimmel partnered with Thomas Forster under the imprint of 'Kimmel and Forster'. Later he published under his own imprint, 'Chr. Kimmel and Company.'
A ephemeral handout from New York's 1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations World's Fair.
The City of New York and Environs.
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This is an attractive 1853 bird's-eye view of New York City issued by the firm of Capewell and Kimmel. The view looks northward on New York from a fictional point high above Governor's Island. Brooklyn Heights appears on the right and Battery Park on the left. Ships of pleasure, transport, and industry fill the harbor, as well as both the Hudson and East Rivers. In the distance parts of Hoboken and Weehawken are evident. Coverage extends northward and the Crystal Palace, in what is today's Bryant Park, and the Latting Observatory, are clearly evident. This map was part of a series of views prepared by Capewell and Kimmel for the 1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations - for which the Crystal Palace was the centerpiece. (more details)