Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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The Cottage
Object Number:
1953.203
Date:
1813
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black and brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 21 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left, ink: "1813. Le cottage"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "1813 Le Cottage"
Description:
Architecture
Gallery Label:
This cottage is believed to be the one occupied by the de Neuvilles near New Brunswick, New Jersey, as it fits the description given in the baron's memoirs.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
