Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"Bit on the Boulevard," New York City
Object Number:
1913.24
Date:
1898
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and white lead pigment on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 8 in. ( 22.9 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "L. Oram/98"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed and signed at lower left in red watercolor: "L. ORAM / 98"; at lower right in graphite: "Bit on the Boulevard"
Gallery Label:
"The Boulevard" was a name applied to what is now Broadway in the Bloomingdale district of the West Side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Emil Herman Sauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
