Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Corner of Wall and Nassau Streets in 1856, New York City
Object Number:
1945.596
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( 16.8 x 26 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower center: "W. H. Wallace"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower center in black ink: "WHWallace"; inscribed at lower left: "Corner / of Wall and Nassau St. / in 1856 showing Anstices / Blank Book Store / and Oliver Halsteds / Law Book Store"; verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "As it looked in 1856"
Description:
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 view is identical to another by Wallace with the same title (1945.597), except in color. Also in this version of the scene the bookstores are identifed.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
