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Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper

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North East from Platform, Spuyten Duyvil ("Sagamore"), New York City

Object Number: 
Z.2016.16b
Artist/Maker:
Henry E. Rile
Assisted Artist:
Lovett Rile
Date: 
1910
Medium: 
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions: 
image size: 4 x 5 in. ( 10.2 x 12.7 cm ) mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks: 
dated: lower left: "AUG 19-10" inscribed in pencil: below image: "N.W. FROM PLATFORM. / SPUYTEN DEVIL. / ' SAGAMORE'."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed along lower left in black ink: "AUG 19-10"; below on page in graphite: "'SAGAMORE.' N.E. FROM PLATFORM. / SPUYTEN DEVIL."
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group