Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Preparatory Study for Engraving: Trinity Church, New York City with Marginal Sketches
Object Number:
1911.105
Date:
c. 1845
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, graphite, and white lead pigment on Turnbulls Board
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 22.5 x 19 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower center: "Trinity Church/Broadway"
inscription: upper, pencil: "Original Drawing for Disturnel [sic]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in brown wash over graphite: "TRINITY CHRUCH. / Broadway"; along left margin vertically in graphite: "Corner of Rector St / & Broadway"; at right of lower center: "Croton"; at lower right: "To be put in place / of Church"; along upper edge: "Original Drawing for Disturnel"
Description:
This view is of the third and present edifice of Trinity Church on Broadway at Wall Street, which was designed by Richard Upjohn and erected in 1839-1846.
Gallery Label:
At lower left of Wade's illustration, outside the picture, is a pencil sketch of a view titled Corner of Rector St./& Broadway. At the lower right, outside the picture, is a small sketch of an omnibus with the inscription: "To be put in place/of Chariot." The "chariot" is depicted in Wade's watercolor, but an omnibus has been used in the engraved view.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
