Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Albert Gallatin
Object Number:
PR.052.53.GALLA.67981
Date:
1862
Medium:
Steel engraving
Dimensions:
11 x 7.25" unframed
Description:
after the original painting by Chappel
Credit Line:
The Department of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections, New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. A. Fitzroy Anderson, 1951
Provenance:
Donated Jan. 22, 1951by Mrs. A. Fitzroy Anderson (Cornelia Gallatin, great-grandaughter of Albert Gallatin)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
