Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, New Jersey; verso: sketch of same view
Object Number:
1981.229
Date:
1936
Medium:
Black ink over graphite with touches of gouache on board; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/8 x 15 in. ( 56.2 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower left: "Woodbridge/ 1936"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Vernon Howe Bailey / Hackettstown 1936"; at lower right outside image in graphite: "Centenary Collegiate Institute"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas W. Dewart
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
