Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
World Trade Center Construction Site Viewed from the 22nd Floor of 30 Church Street Looking West
Object Number:
2012.26.45
Date:
c. 1970
Medium:
Black and beige porous-tip pens on two sheets of ivory paper, taped together, and mounted onto a larger sheet of heavy white paper featuring a print of the New York skyline on the verso
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 11/16 x 21 3/8 in. (34.8 x 54.3 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right diagonally in black porous-tip pen: "FROM 22nd FLOOR OF #) CHURCH ST. / LOOKING WEST / NORTH TOWER 49 STORIES"; verso of mount: blind stamp in gray ink at lower right: "The Estate of RICHARD WELLING"
Credit Line:
Gift of the Richard Welling Family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
