Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Niblo's Garden, Broadway and Prince Streets in 1828, New York City
Object Number:
1945.561
Date:
c. 1895
Medium:
Black ink and wash over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 7 in. ( 13 x 17.8 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower: "NIBLO'S GARDEN CORNER BROAD"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in black wash: "NIBLO'S GARDEN, CORNER BROADWAY AND PRINCE, 1828."
Gallery Label:
This watercolor of New York's famous nineteenth-century resort was copied from an old print.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
