A watercolour view of New York, showing the ‘in construction” Woolworth Building, at the time the tallest building in the world and the Brooklyn bridge.

Signed by Monk and dated 1912

Framed; Height 11 inches, width 15 inches.

William Monk 1863-1937

Ref: R1138

He was an English watercolourist mainly based in and around London. But he made a visit to America and did various watercolour sketches, of which this is one, inadvertently capturing the Woolworth building in its infancy.