Stock Exchange
Artist/Maker
Nat Lowell
(United States (b. Latvia), 1880-1956)
Dateca. 1900
Mediumetching
DimensionsSight: 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (29.8 x 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (41.9 x 30.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (41.9 x 30.8 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Dr. David Klein
Terms
Object number61.127.000
DescriptionIn 1792 twenty-four brokers met on what is now Wall Street and set a minimum commission on the sale of stocks. Wall Street actually takes its name from the cross path that linked the two sides of a wooden wall built around New Amsterdam by the Dutch in fortification against the English in the mid 1600s. The cool neo-classical temple façade, featuring Corinthian columns and eleven pedimental figures, belies the frenzy of activity that goes on daily behind the doors of perhaps the world's most powerful financial institution.On View
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