Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mott Street, New York City: Study for Plate 18A of "Bourne's Views of New York"
Object Number:
1881.20
Date:
c. 1831
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, gray wash, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 7 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower left: "C. Burton, Del. No."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below image in brown ink: "C Burton Delt"; at lower right in graphite: "St Patrick's Cathedral Mott St."
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix
Provenance:
Library of William J. Davis, New York, 1844-65; Sold Bangs, Merwin & Co., April 17, 1865, Lot 1739.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
