Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Residence of Dr. David Hosack, Hyde Park, New York
Object Number:
1923.166
Date:
c. 1830
Medium:
Black ink and wash over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 7 7/8 in. ( 12.7 x 20 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: at bottom center: "Residence--Dr. Hosack-lawn front"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in gray wash: "DAVIS SC."; at lower center outside image in gray ink over graphite: "RESIDENCE -- DR HOSACK -- LAWN FRONT."
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
