Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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The Elevated Train at 110th Street, From Manhattan Avenue to Eighth Avenue, New York City
Object Number:
1904.31
Date:
c. 1880
Medium:
Black ink and white gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 19 x 31.8 cm )
Marks:
label: upper left, typed, adhered over ink: "[title]"
date: lower right: "Nov 29/04 3.50"
inscription: verso, graphite: "[illegible inscription"
stamp: pink: "[N-YHS stamp]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at on the card in black ink: "W. 110th ST. Manhattan Ave. to Eighth Ave., inclusive."; various publication annotations on verso of card
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
