Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Luce Center
Moonlit Scene of Windsor Castle, England
Object Number:
1947.419
Date:
c. 1840-44
Medium:
Black and brown ink and wash, watercolor, and scratching out, with touches of red gouache on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/16 x 7 in. (12.9 x 17.8 cm)
mat: 11 3/8 x 12 3/4 in. ( 28.9 x 32.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: on mat: "J.F. Kensett"
inscription: verso, pencil: "Windsor Castle, Moonlight"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at center in graphite: "1013 / Windsor Castle / Moonlight / no. 2"
Description:
Architecture/landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Provenance:
Miss Polly Alloway, Goshen, New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
