Collection Highlights
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III (tail)
Date:
1770-1776
Object Number:
1878.6
Medium:
Lead
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Luce Center
Submission Illustration for the Central Park Competition: View from the Site of the Principal Entrance on Fifty-Ninth Street, Looking Northerly--Illustrating Improvements, New York City
Object Number:
1925.188
Date:
1857
Medium:
Brown ink and wash and graphite on heavy paper mounted on green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (27.6 x 37.8 cm)
Marks:
inscriptions: Bottom, center: Landscape from same point-illustrating improvements. Upper left: No. 1.
Inscriptions:
Mount inscribed below in brown wash: "Landscape from same point -- illustrating improvements"; at upper left in graphite: "No 1."; at lower left: "Catalogue letter 'K'"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Purchased from Mrs. Y.I. Graves
Provenance:
Descent through artists family; Mrs. Yvonne S. Graves, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
