This rare and idyllic view of Pittsfield was "drawn from nature" by James C. Clapp. The city in western Massachusetts is depicted from the vantage of the Maplewood Young Ladies’ Institute, with young women roaming the campus in the foreground. In the center of the view are nicely rendered churches. Woolen mills appear at right, and a train exits town at left. Around the time this lithograph was published, author Herman Melville was living in Pittsfield at his Arrowhead home, now a historic museum, where he composed Moby-Dick and other major works. Lithography by J. Jacottet & Aubrun. Published by Goupil & Co., Broadway, New York.

References: Reps #1597.

Condition: B

Beautiful contemporary color with five archivally repaired edge tears, the longest of which measures 4" (left). There is a streak of light toning at left, minor foxing at top, and a light tape stain from an old tape repair that just enters lithographed image at left.