Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
First Headquarters in New York (De Peyster House), July 1776
Object Number:
1936.811
Medium:
Black crayon, gray wash, graphite, and white gouache on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. ( 25.7 x 22.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "First h'dqtrs in New York The DePeyster house New York /July 1776"
stamped: on back: "THE HARRY A. OGDEN COLLECTION / OF / THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY / OCTOBER 20, 1936"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "First h'dqtrs in New York The Depeyster house New York / July 1776"
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
