Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Luce Center
Hudson River Steamboat "Clermont"
Object Number:
1918.43
Date:
1861
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, charcoal, graphite, and gouache with scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. ( 38.4 x 59.1 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: at lower right: "To Gilbert Robertson from R. V. De Witt, 1861"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "To Gilbert Robertson from RVDeWitt -- 1861."; at lower left scratched out beginning of same inscription
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Gift of E.C. Hovey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
