Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Daniel Hamilton Brooks (1809-1884)
Object Number:
1960.96
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 3.5 x 2.9 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the second surviving son of Henry S. Brooks, founder of a men's clothing store (later Brooks Brothers) in New York City. The miniature is a companion to one of the subject's wife, also in the N-YHS collection (1960.97).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Richard H. Reeve
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
