Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Water Tower on the Lane Near Sedgwick Avenue, Morris Heights, New York
Object Number:
Z.2016.11c
Medium:
Black ink and wash on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower right / left: "24th JULY. / 1906"
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "WATER TOWER. / ON THE LANE NEAR SEDGWICK AV. MORRIS HIGHTS."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower edge in black ink over gray wash: "WATER TOWER. / 24th JULY / ON THE LANE NEAR SEDGWICK AV. MORRIS HEIGHTS. / 1906"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
