Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Statue of Liberty, Bedloe's Island, New York
Object Number:
1972.24
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on paper, overmatted
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/16 x 4 13/16 in. (8.4 x 12.2 cm)
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at bottom: "Bartholdi."
Inscribed: at lower right, below picture: "A Madam Lumley / hommage respecteuse / Baltholdi / 1888."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown ink: "Bartholdi"; mat inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "A Madame Lumley / hommage respecteuse / Bartholdi / 1888"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Provenance:
Mrs. Rosetta Lumley, NYC; Miss Elsie Lumley, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
