Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Copy of the Howdell-Canot Southeast View of New York City in 1768
Object Number:
1945.571
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 39.7 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "New York 1768/Copied from the print/by T.Canot By W. H. W."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in black ink: "New York 1768 / Copied from the print / by T.Canot by WHW"; at lower left outside image in graphite: "Copied from T. Canot's Palm Tree Print 1768 -- New York from the Northward -- King's College -- Trinity Church"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Harry Shaw Newman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
