Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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The Cake in Danger
Object Number:
1981.7
Date:
1792
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, white gouache, and white lead pigment on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. ( 26 x 21.6 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left
inscription: lower center
date: lower right
watermark: lower center
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at the lower left outside image in black ink: "Jno. Vander Lyn Fecit."; at lower center: "The Cake in Danger"; at lower right: "Sept. 4th 1792. New York."
Credit Line:
Gift of Rodman C. Rockefeller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
