Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Upper Lake, Central Park, New York City
Object Number:
1948.169
Date:
1884
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 18.1 x 25.7 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left:"W. R. Miller, 1884"
inscription: verso, pencil: "The upper Lake, Central Park/(Fall View)/W. R. Miller, Artist/61 Bleecker St./N.Y.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "W. R. Miller. 1884."
Description:
Cityscape
Gallery Label:
This is the same view of the Upper Lake as that rendered by Miller in oil in 1871, also in the Society's collection. (1947.347)
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriski
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
