Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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The Artful Dodger from "Oliver Twist"
Object Number:
1937.1800
Date:
1882
Medium:
Watercolor and black ink over graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 8 5/16 in. ( 26.7 x 21.1 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Joseph Hanks 1882"
inscription: upper left: "The Artful Dodger"
inscription: lower right: "Oliver Twist"
inscription: upper left: "Attest Johannes Lillius/ candidatus"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in gray watercolor: "Joseph Hanks 1882."; at lower left in graphite: "'The Artful Dodger.'"; at lower right: "'Oliver Twist.'"; at upper left in black ink: "attest Johannes Lillius, / candidatus."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
