Collection Highlights
Front View of St. Peter's Church with the intended steeple
Date:
1785
Object Number:
PR.McComb.4.70
Medium:
Paper
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Moonrise at Rondout Creek, New York
Object Number:
1955.103
Date:
1889
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 7/8 in. ( 38.1 x 27.6 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink over graphite: "Wm. R. Miller Del. / 61 Bleeker Street. NY.; at lower center inside image: "raise distant hill 18' to make deeper"; at lower right inside image: "no 1000 Gems. / April 20th 1889"; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / 'Moonrise on the Rondout Creek.' / (Wawarsing, N.Y.) / Composed April 26th 1889. / 10 x 8."
Description:
Landscape
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
