Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old Lime Kiln, Coast of Durham near Seaham, England
Object Number:
1955.152
Date:
1892 [1869]
Medium:
Black ink and wash and white gouache over graphite on green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. ( 27.3 x 37.5 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller 1869/July 1892, 744 Broadway"
inscription: lower right: "No 6 Marine, 92"
inscription: upper: "Old Lime Kiln, Coast of Durham, Engd"/(near Seaham)/Arranged Feby 22d 1869 & July 1892/12 x 8"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1869 / July 1892. 744 Broadway NY."; inscribed at lower right inside image: "No 6. Marine. 92."; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "'Old Lime-Kiln, coast of Durham Engl.' / (near Seaham) / Composed Feby 22d 1869 & July 1892. / 12 x 8."
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
