Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Near Haughton Castle, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Object Number:
1955.133
Date:
1839
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on beige paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 18.7 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Near Haughton Castle/Sep. 26, 1839 / W.R. Miller. Newcastle-on-Tyne"
inscription: lower center: "on the North Tyne"
inscription: lower right: "No 9"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in graphite and brown ink: "Near Haughton Castle / Sep. 26 1839 / W. R. Miller. Newcastle on Tyne"; at right of lower center in brown ink: "on the North Tyne"; at lower right: "No 9."
Description:
Architecture/landscape
Gallery Label:
This is a view of an old farmhouse and yard.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
