Map of the Consolidated City of Brooklyn, 1855 — Antique Cartography
A historic antique map documenting the Consolidated City of Brooklyn in 1855, with numbered wards outlined in bold pink and sage-green hand-tinted districts set against the surrounding waterways of the East River and Wallabout Bay. Fine street grids, ward boundaries, and coastal detail capture the city's mid-19th-century urban layout with archival precision.
Subject: 1855 map of Brooklyn's consolidated wards, street grids, and waterfront geography.
Color palette: dusty rose, sage green, soft parchment, muted gray-blue waterways.
Detail: fine engraved streets, numbered ward divisions, hand-tinted district borders, decorative title banner.
Style: 19th-century American municipal cartography with a historic, archival aesthetic.
Ideal uses: New York or Brooklyn–themed decor, history and urban studies wall art, office or study display, or a distinctive statement piece for traditional, industrial, or eclectic interiors.
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