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Luce Center
Steamboat Wharf, Whitehall Street, New York City: Study for Plate 12B of "Bourne's Views of New York"
Object Number:
1881.18
Date:
c. 1831
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, gray wash, and graphite with touches of scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 6 15/16 in. (15.6 x 17.6 cm)
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
image size: 6.7 x 8.9 cm (2 5/8 x 3
Marks:
Signed: at lower left: "C. Burton, Del. No."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below image in brown ink: "C Burton Delt"; at lower right in graphite: "[two lines erased] Steam boat wharf, Whitehall St."
Credit Line:
Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix
Provenance:
Library of William J. Davis, New York, 1844-65; Sold Bangs, Merwin & Co., April 17, 1865, Lot 1739.
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