Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Forsythe Street, East Side North of Delancy, New York City, in 1851
Object Number:
Z.2016.2b
Date:
1909
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 5 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 13 x 15.9 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower left: "MARCH / 28- / 1909-"
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "FORSYTHE ST. EAST SIDE NORTH OF DELANCY IN 1851."
inscribed in pencil: on obverse: "RESIDENCE A. YEAR. / ORIGINAL."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black ink: "FORSYTHE ST. EAST SIDE NORTH OF DELANEY IN 1851."; at lower left: "MARCH. 28 -- 1909 --"; at lower left of center in graphite: "RESDIENCE A YEAR."; at lower right: "ORIGINAL."
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
