Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"A Bit of the Old Five Points", New York City
Object Number:
X.415
Date:
c. 1868
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 13 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signed: lower right: "Aug. Will, fec."
inscribed and dated: lower left: "A bit of the Old Five Points, New York, about 1868"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Ag Will fec."; at lower left in brown ink: "A BIT OF THE OLD FIVE POINTS. NEW YORK. ABOUT 1868."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
