Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A Shanty Winter Scene, Hague, Lake George, New York
Object Number:
1947.402
Date:
1885
Medium:
Black ink on blue paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, 1885"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] Vignettes/(No [blank] 1000 Gems)/"A Shanty Winter Scene"/(nr Hague, Lake George)/Composed Octr 25th 1885/8 x 6"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1885."; inscribed at lower right inside image: "No vignettes"; at upper center outside image: "No Vignettes. / (no 1000 Gems) / 'A Shanty Winter Scene.' / (nr Hague Lake George) / Composed Octr. 25th 1885. / 8 x 6"
Description:
Genre/landscape
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriski
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
