Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A North View of Montreal, Canada
Object Number:
X.451
Date:
1799
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on paper mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 21 in. ( 36.8 x 53.3 cm )
Marks:
Siggned and dated: at lower left: "1 Decem 1799 / R. Dillon delint et Pinxt.
Inscribed: at bottom center: "To His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent. /This View is most Humbly Inscribed by his Royal Highnesses Most obedient Most Humble and Devoted Servant,
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left inside image in gray watercolor: "1 Decemr 1799"; signed at lower left outside image: "R Dillon delint et Pinxt"; at lower center below image: "To His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. / This View is most Humbly Inscribed by His Royal Highness Most Obedient Most Humble and Devoted Servant. / A North View of Montreal."; at lower right in brown ink: "W.W."; below in gray watercolor: "Richd Dillon"
Description:
Landscape: A gift to the Duke of Kent
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
