Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
South Side East 87th Street, Near Third Avenue, New York City
Object Number:
Z.2016.12i
Date:
1912
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. ( 14.6 x 20 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower left: "AUG 19-12."
inscribed in ink: lower center: "S.S. EAST 87th ST. NEAR THIRD AV. / BUILDINGS TORN DOWN FOR THEATRE."
inscribed in pencil: below image: "X YORKVILLE THEATRE 86 ST WITH TANK. Y.M.C.A."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink over graphite: "AUG 19-12."; at lower center: "S.S. EAST 87th ST. NEAR THIRD AV. / BUILDINGS TORN DOWN FOR THEATRE."; below at leftt on page in graphite: "YORKVILLE THEATRE 86 ST WITH TANK."; at lower right: "Y.M.C.A."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
