Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Interior of Entrance of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City
Object Number:
X.299
Date:
1925
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping and black and white pastel on blue-gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. ( 31.1 x 46.4 cm )
mat: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "WH Shelton/1925"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black pastel: "W. H. Shelton / 1925"
Description:
Architecture
Gallery Label:
This is part of a series of twenty-one signed and dated drawings of the Morris-Jumel mansion.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
