Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Washington Firing the First Gun at Yorktown
Object Number:
1936.978
Date:
1925
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 34.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signature erased, bottom right. Bottom: Washington Fires the First Gun at Yorktown.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left outside image in graphite: "Washington fires the first gun at Yorktown"; recto inscribed in margins and verso at center with historical and publication annotations
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
