Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brick House, 42nd. Street Near Second Avenue, New York City
Object Number:
X.492
Date:
1860
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on two sheets, an irregular sheet collaged onto a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 6.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "A. Will, fec./1860"
inscribed: lower left: "42nd. Str. near 2nd. Av."
inscribed: lower, artist's hand: "Said to be the first brick house in that location, 1860"
inscribed: upper right: "88"
Inscriptions:
Irregular sheet signed and inscribed at lower edge black ink: "A. WILL fec. / 42ND STR. NEAR 2ND AV. 1860"; larger sheet inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "Said to be first brick house in that location. 1860"; at upper right: "88"
Description:
Architecture
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
