Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Laura Keene's Theatre, Broadway near Bleecker, New York City
Object Number:
1945.560
Date:
1865
Medium:
Black ink and wash over graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 19.4 x 24.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "W. H. W./1865"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "W.H.W / 1865"; inscribed at lower right: "Laura Keens / Theatre / 1857 / Broadway / near / Bleeker St"
Description:
Architecture
Gallery Label:
A note by the artist states that this drawing was made from a sketch done in 1860 and that it represents the theater as of 1857.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
