Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
North West Corner of Third Avenue and 86th Street, New York City, in 1908
Object Number:
Z.2016.5b
Date:
1908
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 13.3 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower right: "MARCH 25"
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "N.W. CORNER THIRD AV. AND 86 St. IN 1908."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "N.W. CORNER. THIRD AV. AND 86th IN 1908."; at lower right: "-- MARCH 28 --"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
