Edward Burckhardt executed this drawing in eight parts, of which sections three and four appear on this note cube. When joined together in a circle, the eight sections create a 240-inch panorama of New York City as it appeared in the 1840s from the steeple of the North Dutch Church on the northwest corner of Fulton and William streets. Topographical views, like this panorama, were rendered to help visitors grasp the city in its entirety. By the mid-nineteenth century, New York had become the most densely populated metropolis in the United States. In a period before travel in airplanes, and when viewing the world from a hot air balloon was a novelty, the convincing genre of the panorama made the experience available to everyone.

2.75-inch square adhesive note cube.