Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View in Central Park, N.Y.C.
Object Number:
1962.49
Date:
1858
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. ( 34.3 x 60.3 cm )
frame: 15 x 25 x 1 1/4 in. (38.1 x 63.5 x 3.2 cm)
Gallery Label:
This study was evidently entered by McEntee in a competition sponsored early in 1858 by the board of commissioners of Central park for a landscape plan to be used in the development of the proposed new park.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Lyda M. Nelson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
