Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Croton Aquaduct Bridge, Yonkers, N.Y.
Object Number:
1959.90
Date:
1899
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 14 in. ( 22.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: in lower right corner: "C.S.D. Cobb/1899"
Description:
Landscape that depicts the aqueduct bridge which carried Croton water over the valley of the Nepherhan River, which was then on the outskirts of Yonkers; the white, three-arched bridge has a road under the left arch and the Nepherhan River under the right arch.
Gallery Label:
This painting was given by a daughter of the artist to the donor's mother.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Cornelia F. Muddiman and Miss Anna E. Muddiman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
