Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Artist Sketching from Atop a Rock, North Nyack, New York
Object Number:
1944.405
Date:
1890
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. ( 11.7 x 21.9 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: upper left: "A top column of/the Pallasaids [sic]/in a field in North Nyack/May 11/90"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "a top column of / the Pallasaids arising in afield in North Nyack / May 11/90"
Description:
Landscape detail: This shows a rock formation of the Palisades of the Hudson in the area south of Hook Mountain.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
