Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
City Garbage Docks, Canal Street, New York City
Object Number:
X.493
Date:
1891
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 22.5 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Aug. Will, 1891"
inscribed: upper: "City Garbage Docks, Canal St.--also Coal Docks"
inscribed: upper: "No. 111"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Aug. Will 1891"; along upper edge: "CITY GARBAGE DOCKS CANAL ST. -- ALSO COAL DOCKS No 111"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
