Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1776.4
Medium:
Paper, broadside
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cubberly-Britton Homestead, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York
Object Number:
1951.59
Date:
c. 1941
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 16 in. ( 30.5 x 40.6 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "EE Case"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in blue watercolor: "EECASE"; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "Britton-Walton-Cubberly Homestead / New Dorp Lane, New Dorp, Staten Island / date 1695-1699 / Nathaniel Britton--builder who bought 95 acres from / Obadiah Holmes on Oct 28--1695 / 2nd owner Capt Thomas Walton 2nd b. 1672-d 1728 / Sold Jan 20--1761 to Isaac Cubberly. / Next owner David J. Tyson--1847 / Last ' Dr Nathaniel Ford Britton who gave it in 1915 / to the Staten Island Asso. of Arts & Sciences / P
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Bequest of Elizabeth E. Case
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
