Collection Highlights
The Bulls and Bears in the Market
Date:
1879
Object Number:
1971.104
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Drawings
First Reformed Dutch Church, Brooklyn, New York
Object Number:
1918.52
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 18.7 x 24.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower center: "R. V. B."
inscription: lower center: "Built in Brooklyn 1808 Demolished 1835 Court St."
date: upper left: "Sept 25 1918"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower center in red gouache: "R. VB."; old overmat inscribed in black ink: "THE FIRST REFORM DUTCH CHURCH / BUILT IN BROOKLYN 1808 DEMOLISHED 1835 COURT ST."
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
