Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old Houses, Northeast Corner of Hudson and Watts Streets,
Object Number:
1945.575
Date:
1899
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 28.6 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Hudson and/northeast corner of Hudson + Wats St."
signature and date: lower right: "WH W/99"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown watercolor: "W.H.W/99"; at lower left in brown watercolor over graphite: "north east Corner of Hudson and Watts St."
Gallery Label:
A note by the artist states that the houses were still standing in 1917.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
