Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
285 Front Street, New York City
Object Number:
1943.493m
Date:
1879
Medium:
Black ink, brown wash, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 19 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in black ink over graphite: "285 Front St. Nr Rosevelt[sic] N.Y. / Geo. Reynolds. N.Y. 1879."
Description:
Architecture
Gallery Label:
This is an exterior view of a building utilized as a grindstone manufactory. The building was located on the east side of Front Street between Dover and Roosevelt streets.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
