Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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The Beauties of Street Sprinkling, New York City
Object Number:
1924.151
Date:
1856
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, red gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 16 5/8 in. ( 31.4 x 42.2 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: lower center, ink: "The Beauties of Street Sprinkling/Street Scenes in New York"
signed and dated: lower right: "T. Worth 1856"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "T. Worth / 1856"; inscribed at lower center: "The Beauties of Street Sprinkling / Street Scenes in New York"
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
