# Cities and views

Streets, bridges, skylines and squares: the city as painters and engravers saw it, often before photography could. Views of Venice, Paris, New York and Edo sit together here, made for travellers, for civic pride and for the plain pleasure of looking at a place.

- [Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/seventh-regiment-on-review-washington-square-new-york-met-10194), Otto Boetticher, 1851. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Notre Dame de Paris](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/notre-dame-de-paris-aic-81568), Jean-François Rafaëlli, c. 1890. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/panoramic-view-of-the-alps-les-dents-du-midi-cma-141168), Gustave Courbet, 1877. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-square-of-saint-mark-s-venice-nga-45644), c. 1770/1800. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Southwest Tower, Amiens Cathedral](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/southwest-tower-amiens-cathedral-si-saam-1962-13-18), Cass Gilbert, 1880. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-contest-for-the-bouquet-the-family-of-robert-gordon-in-t-met-14472), Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Place du Havre, Paris](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-place-du-havre-paris-aic-81551), Camille Pissarro, 1893. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Landscape Near Paris](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-near-paris-cma-148365), Georges Michel, c. 1840. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/entrance-to-the-grand-canal-from-the-molo-venice-nga-32589), Canaletto, 1742/1744. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Untitled (forest scene with bridge, cows in stream in foreground)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/untitled-forest-scene-with-bridge-cows-in-stream-in-foregrou-si-saam-1983-95-144), Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1897. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [View of Toledo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-toledo-met-436575), El Greco, ca. 1599–1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sawmill-outskirts-of-paris-aic-68433), Henri Rousseau, c. 1893/95. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [View of Florence](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-florence-cma-136911), Thomas Cole, 1837. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/attack-on-bunker-s-hill-with-the-burning-of-charles-town-nga-42489), 1783 or after. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Cathedral Tower, Pistoia, Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cathedral-tower-pistoia-italy-si-saam-1962-13-35), Cass Gilbert, 1898. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Piazza San Marco](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/piazza-san-marco-met-435839), Canaletto, late 1720s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Paris Street; Rainy Day](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/paris-street-rainy-day-aic-20684), Gustave Caillebotte, 1877. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-artist-in-his-room-at-the-villa-medici-rome-cma-149396), Léon Cogniet, 1817. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Procession of Gondolas in the Bacino di San Marco, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/procession-of-gondolas-in-the-bacino-di-san-marco-venice-nga-32587), Antonio Joli, 1742 or after. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [A Village Square](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-village-square-si-chndm-1912-16-118), Walter Shirlaw, 1875–80. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/panoramic-view-of-the-palace-and-gardens-of-versailles-met-13052), John Vanderlyn, 1818–19. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [French Street Scene](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/french-street-scene-aic-99654), Edouard Béliard, 1873–77. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketch-for-the-four-prophets-of-israel-for-il-gesu-rome-cma-144302), Giovanni Battista Gaulli, c. 1675–1677. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Procession in the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/procession-in-the-courtyard-of-the-ducal-palace-venice-nga-32586), Antonio Joli, 1742 or after. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.