Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
John Watts (1749-1836)
Object Number:
1863.13
Date:
ca. 1835-1845
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. ( 68.6 x 36.8 x 28.6 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: under PL shoulder in pencil: "62"
painted: under base in red: "S-62" [old N-YHS #]
inscribed: under base in pencil [scribbled out]: "39"
inscribed: at PR shoulder: "...ATT" [illegible]
Description:
Portrait bust.
Gallery Label:
This bust is based on an original of ca. 1830 by Robert Ball Hughes. The original bust was in the collection of New York City Hall until 1945 when a vandal destroyed it. A bronze copy, cast in Paris by Gruet about 1900 to 1906, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Credit Line:
Gift of the sitter's grandson, Mr. J. Watts De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
