Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
Object Number:
1935.167
Date:
c. 1835
Medium:
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/8 x 27 3/16 in. (51.1 x 69.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center below image in pink gouache: "View of New York, Governor's Island &. taken from Brooklyn Heights, on the same Evening of the Fire."; at lower right outside image in white gouache: "From Atwill's Music Saloon / New York."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Provenance:
Robert Fridenberg, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
