Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old House on Hopper Farm, New York City
Object Number:
1965.31ab
Date:
1871
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 6 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (15.9 × 21.3 cm)
Overall (b): 4 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (12.4 × 17.5 cm)
Marks:
Inscribed: at bottom, in pencil:"Old House on B'way between 50th & 51st / Hopper Estate"
Inscribed: on side,at left:"To be etched"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left vertically in graphite: "To be etched"; at lower center: "Old House on B'way between 50th & 51st Sts. / Hopper Estate"; various color annotations in image
Description:
Architecture: The artist's original sketch is accompanied by his etching of the same subject.
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
