Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Cross Keys Tavern, New York
Object Number:
1910.45
Date:
1872
Medium:
Brown ink and wash over graphite on paper laid on blue card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 6 7/8 in. ( 10.2 x 17.5 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower left:"Clay"
Inscribed: at lower fight: "The Cross Keep/ Tavern/ 1872"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite partially illegible: "To Mrs[?] Clay[?] …"; at lower center: "Cross Keys…"; at lower right; "The Cross Keys / Tavern . / 1872"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
