Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Four Oval Vignette Scenes
Object Number:
1962.20
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on four oval sheets, mounted on a single sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 32.4 x 23.5 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: "Pine meadows [?] & Pigs, 1801-2-3"
inscription: "Corner of chestnut & 7th Sts"
inscription: "Kidwelly Grand [?] house. Castle/us children!"
inscription: "Rockwell, Germantown"
Inscriptions:
Upper vignette inscribed in brown ink: "Pine meadows. Children & Pigs 1801-2.3."; right vignette inscribed: "Mansell's / cottage/ Grand mother's / Kidwelly. Grand...house. Castle. / us children! / road down / to old arch / & evan's."; lower vignette inscribed: "Rockwell. Germantown"; left vignette inscribed: "Harrison's. / Morriss folly / corner of chestnut & 7th Sts?"
Gallery Label:
This study consists of four scenes cut in oval shape and pasted on the mounting sheet. The first is of a log house and adjacent outdoor area and is inscribed; the second view is of buildings and a street scene, inscribed; the third is of a town and castle; the fourth scene is of a house and country estate.
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
