Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Edward Henry Durell (1810-1887)
Object Number:
1921.6
Date:
1878
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 30 in. ( 101.6 x 76.2 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "T. Le Clear N. A. / 1878"
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of Judge Daniel Meserve Durell. He was a lawyer in New Orleans and a federal judge in Louisiana. He later moved to Schoharie, New York, where he devoted himself to literary interests.
Credit Line:
Gift of Annie L. Gebhard
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
