Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dyckman's Creek, Kingsbridge, New York City
Object Number:
1949.281
Date:
1875
Medium:
Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 33.7 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "G.H. '75"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "GH/75"; verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Dyckmans Creek. Kingsbridge / 1875"
Gallery Label:
A rural scene where the Harlem River Ship Canal now cuts through the neck of land at the north end of Manhattan Island, just south of Marble Hill.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
