Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sketchbook with 43 Folios
Object Number:
1932.58
Date:
1841
Medium:
Graphite, gouache, and watercolor on various shades of beige and brown paper bound into a sketchbook
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (22.2 x 29.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on inner front cover at upper left in graphite: "A.B Durand / Rome March 8th. 1841"; on inner back cover at upper left: " A.B Durand / Rome March 8th. 1841”; on inner back cover at upper left: “amt. paid for Cour…by ABD. / Bill at Capri (Hotel & c) — $5-6 carleni / paid to Boatman… —— 7 - 7. / Extra Bono…to Ditto — 1 - 0 — / Bill at Sorrento (Hotel & c) — 5 ” 6 / fare from Sorto to Naples / & fachini] — 1 ” 4 / 21 — 0” and various mathematical inscriptions
Description:
Sketchbook
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
