Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old Houses, Formerly the Eagle Hotel, Maiden Lane near Liberty Street, New York City
Object Number:
1945.587
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 16.8 x 21.6 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower left: W.H.W., 1892
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "Junction of Maiden Lane / and Liberty Streets / Showing the old / Eagle Hotel, and 1822 House"; at lower right:"Sketched Oct. 1892"; verso inscribed at lower center in graphite: "1822 House taken down 1907"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
