Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Luce Center
The Quilting Room in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City; verso: view of a room with a desk
Object Number:
X.315
Date:
1925
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping and black and white pastel on blue-gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. ( 31.8 x 46.4 cm )
mat: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W H Shelton 1925"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black pastel: "W. H. Shelton 1925."
Description:
Architecture/interior view
Gallery Label:
This is part of a series of twenty-one signed and dated drawings of the Morris-Jumel mansion.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
