Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Magdalen Society, 88th Street Near Fifth Avenue, New York City, in 1868
Object Number:
Z.2016.3c
Date:
1912
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 14.9 x 20.6 cm )
mounted: 9 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 23.5 x 27.3 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower left: "MAY. 2-1912"
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "MAGDALEN SOCIETY. 88th ST NEAR 5th AVENUE IN 1868. N.S."
inscribed in pencil: lower right: "REMOVED."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in black ink and graphite: "May. 2 -- 1912 MAGDALEN SOCIETY. 88th ST NEAR 5th AVENUE IN 1868. N. S."; at lower left in graphite (erased); "ORIGINAL."; at lower right: "REMOVED."
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
