Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
Date:
1842-45
Object Number:
1915.76
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Edward B. Boies (1889-?)
Object Number:
1959.24
Date:
ca. 1915-1920
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. ( 6.4 x 4.8 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at right: "E. D. Pattee"
Gallery Label:
Helen Chapell was the daughter of Henry Whitehill and Mary (Rand) Chappell. She married Edward B. Boies, a New York lawyer, in 1914. Boies died in 1947, and she married Colonel Stedman Shumway Hanks, the donor, in 1952.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Stedman Shumway Hanks
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
