Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Luce Center
Old Houses, Formerly the Eagle Hotel, Maiden Lane near Liberty Street, New York City
Object Number:
1945.552
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. ( 16.5 x 21.3 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "W. H. W., 1892"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink and wash: "WHW 1892"; at lower center: "Old Houses formerly The Eagle Hotel / Maiden Lane, near Junction with Liberty St. New York / Sketch made 1892"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
