The Manhattan is one of the very first cocktails that called for vermouth as a modifier, having been invented before the Martini, the Rob Roy and the Martinez. One story is that it was created at the Manhattan Club at a party arranged by Lady Randolph Churchill in 1874. This, however is not very likely since she at the time of the party was at home in London giving birth to Winston Churchill. Another account was written by a New York bartender, William F. Mulhall, working at the Hoffman House in NY from the 1880’s. He wrote “The Manhattan cocktail was invented by a man named Black, who kept a place ten doors below Houston Street on Broadway in the eighteen-sixties—probably the most famous drink in the world in its time.”.

The glass was designed in 2003 by the American designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew.

Product information

This is one in a series of illustrations of classic cocktail recipes with a selection of the most beautifully designed glasses.

The size 40x50 cm (approx 16x20”) are signed and printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Bright White 310g archival paper and are sold in a limited edition of 50 prints.

The size 30x40 cm (approx 12x16”) are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Studio Enhanced 210g archival paper.