Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Entrance Gate to the White House Garden with Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Object Number:
1953.233
Date:
1821
Medium:
Graphite on paper laid on blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 20 x 26.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "Pennsylvanian [sic] Avenue, Washington, et La Porte du Jardin du President, 1821"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Pensylvanian[sic] avenue Washington et La Porte de Jardin du Prèsident 1821"
Description:
Cityscape/architecture detail
Gallery Label:
This shows the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between the entrance gate and the White House garden.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
