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
New York from the East River
Object Number:
1908.9
Date:
1852
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache with scratching out on paper laid on heavier paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 1/2 x 48 in. ( 67.3 x 121.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "John W. Hill/1852"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at the lower right in : "John W. Hill / 1852"
Description:
Cityscape
Gallery Label:
This view was engraved and published by F. and George Warren Smith, 1855, with the title New York (29 x 50 3/4), and was one of the Smith Brothers' views of American cities.
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
