Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Traphagen, Hunter & Co., New York City
Object Number:
1912.35
Date:
c. 1876
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 5/8 x 12 7/16 in. ( 39.7 x 31.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
