Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old House on 86th Street North Side, West of Second Avenue, New York City
Object Number:
Z.2016.12l
Date:
1883
Medium:
Black and brown ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 7.9 x 8.3 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower right: "MARCH 13/83."
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "OLD HOUSE ON 86 ST N.S. WEST OF 2D AV."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower edge in black ink and graphite: "OLD HOUSE ON, 86 St. N.S. WEST OF 2D AV. / N.S MARCH 13/83."
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
