Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View of the Bay of New York from the Battery, New York City: Study for an Aquatint
Object Number:
1962.23
Date:
c. 1844
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 17 3/8 in. ( 29.2 x 44.1 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "Bennett, fecit."
Inscribed: on reverse, in ink: "Governor's Island."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Bennett fecit"; verso inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Governors Island"
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
