Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Youle's Shot Tower, New York City
Object Number:
1916.27
Date:
1902
Medium:
Oil, encaustic, or casein on card with faux wood grain veneer on verso
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. ( 33.7 x 29.8 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signed: lower left: "V. Wilbour"
dated: verso: "1902"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black crayon: "V.Wilbour"; verso inscribed at center in graphite and black ink: "Shot Tower / 54th St. & East River / Painting in Oil / By Victor Wilbour 1902 / Presented by the artist 5/2/1916 / George Youle's Shot Tower / On shore of East River, between / 53-54 Sts, on line of Avenue / A (now Sutton Place), which / begins at 54 St. Street in / forground is Avenue A"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Victor Wilbour
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
