Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View of the Big Gate at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City; verso: view of a room with a desk
Object Number:
X.317
Date:
1924
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping and black and white pastel on blue-gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 18 1/4 in. ( 31.4 x 46.4 cm )
mat: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W.H. Shelton/1924"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black pastel: "W. H. Shelton / 1924."
Gallery Label:
This is part of a series of twenty-one signed and dated drawings of the Morris-Jumel mansion.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
