Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A New-York City Farm, Upper End of Manhattan
Object Number:
Z.2016.16h
Date:
1911
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 12.1 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower right: "JULY 3-11-"
inscribed in ink/pencil: on lower edge of obverse, continuing below image: "'A NEW-YORK CITY FARM.' / UPPER END OF MANHATTAN. / ON SPUYTEN DEVIL."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "'A NEW-YORK CITY FARM. / UPPER END OF MANHATTAN.'"; at lower right in black ink over graphite: "JULY 3-11."; below at right on page in graphite: "ON SPUYTEN DEVIL."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
