Collection Highlights
Geometrical Lathe-work Proof
Date:
Object Number:
PR.221.63
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Frontispiece with Trompe l'Oeil Stack of Three Drawings of Trees; from the disassembled "Schroon Lake Sketchbook"
Object Number:
1918.86
Date:
1837
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 9 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (23.5 x 34 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite in block letters disappearing behind sheets: "SKETCH"; below stack drawings: "AND / NEW YORK / 1837"; at upper left in gray ink and graphite: "June 19th, 1837 Procured this book"
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
