Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old Tom's Chop House, Thames Street, New York City
Object Number:
1905.308
Date:
1899
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 26 x 18.4 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "L.Oram, 99"
inscription: center: "Old Tom's'/Chop House on Thames St./New York"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in brown watercolor: "L. ORAM 99"; at lower center outside image in black image: "'OLD TOM'S' / CHOP HOUSE ON THAMES ST. / NEW YORK."
Description:
Architecture
Gallery Label:
A pencil note at the bottom cites the view as it appeared "in 1878." "Old Tom's" was located at 7 Thames Street, on the north side near Church Street, New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
