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
East 92nd Street Between Lexington and Park Avenues, New York City, in 1907
Object Number:
Z.2016.1h
Date:
1908
Medium:
Black ink and graphite, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 13.3 x 11.7 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower left: "JAN. 28-08."
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "EAST 92d St BETWEEN / LEXINGTON AND PARK AVS, / S.S. [in pencil] IN 1907."
inscribed in pencil: on obverse: "ORIGINAL."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "JAN. 28 - 08"; below in graphite: "ORIGINAL"; at lower right of center in black ink and graphite: "EAST 92d St BETWEEN / LEXINGTON
AND PARK AVS / S-S1 IN 1907."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
