Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Luce Center
A Westchester Road Scene, New York
Object Number:
1955.100
Date:
1884
Medium:
Black ink and wash, white gouache, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/4 x 11 in. ( 37.5 x 27.9 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, 1884/Dog perhaps this side"
inscription: lower right: "No."
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/"A Westchester Road Scene."/Composed March 26th 1884/9 x 7"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1884."; inscribed below: "Dog perhaps this side tur..ner[?] --"; at lower right inside image: "No"; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems / 'A Westchester Road Scene.' / Composed March 26th 1884. / 9 x 7."; several annotations
Description:
Landscape/genre
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
