Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View of Brooklyn with Extension of Green-Wood Cemetery, New York
Object Number:
Z.3378
Date:
c. 1880
Medium:
Black ink, collage, white gouache, lead white pigment, and graphite on two sheet of paper, laid a sepia photograph, laid on card
Dimensions:
14 x 10 in. paper; 12 x 14 3/4 in. cardboard
Inscriptions:
Card inscribed at lower right edge in brown ink: "the Grave Plot to be filled with People"; verso of card inscribed at centered inverted in graphite: "D-H. Streets"
Description:
Cityscape
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
