Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Corner of Wall and Nassau Streets in 1854, New York City
Object Number:
1945.597
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Black ink on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. ( 18.1 x 27 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "North West corner of/Wall and Nassau/Old Evening Express Building/1854"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in black ink: "North West corner of / Wall and Nassau / Old Evening Express Building / 1854"
Description:
Cityscape: The Evening Express building is in the center of this sketch. Anstice's Book Store is at the corner, and Oliver Halsted's Law Book Store is at the right.
Gallery Label:
This is a black-and-white version of another drawing by Wallace with the same title (1945.597).
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
