Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Luce Center
View of Barclay's Iron Works, Saugerties, New York: Study for an Engraving
Object Number:
1923.127
Date:
c. 1830
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, scratching out, selective glazing, and white lead pigment on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 7 in. ( 10.5 x 17.8 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Original Drawing by Wm. Wall (see engraving)"
date: lower right: "San.[ ] 1923 127 Oct 25, 1923"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Barclay's Iron Works Saugerties / America"; at lower left: Barclay / Iron Works / Saugerties June[?]"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
