Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old Corner House, South West Forsythe and Broome, New York City, about 1850
Object Number:
Z.2016.18a
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 13 x 20 cm )
mounted: 10 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. ( 25.7 x 23.2 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower left: "ABOUT 1850."
inscribed in ink/pencil: lower right: "OLD CORNER HOUSE. / S.W. FORSYTHE NO. 109 / AND BROOME. / WAS BORN HERE."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "ABOUT. 1850."; at lower right in black ink and graphite: "OLD CORNER HOUSE. / S. W. FORSYTHE NO. 109 / AND BROOME. / WAS BORN HERE."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
