Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Design for a Menu of the New York Library Club Annual Dinner
Object Number:
1940.72
Date:
1940
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Hendrick Willem Van Loon, 1940, for the New York Librarians"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "Hendrick Willem Van Loon - 1940 - for the New York Libarians."
Description:
Design drawing
Gallery Label:
This is an original sketch for the menu of the New York Library Club Annual Dinner of 1940. The donor was director of the New-York Historical Society. A copy of the printed menu is in the Society's library.
Credit Line:
Gift of Alexander James Wall
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
