Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View New York Harbor from Battery Park, New York City
Object Number:
X.494
Date:
1897
Medium:
Graphite on beige card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 9.2 x 14.6 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: upper right: "View from Battery Park,/1897"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "AUG. WILL fec."; at upper right: "View from Battery Park / 1897"; at lower right: "112"
Description:
Castle Williams on Governors Island is in the distance.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
