Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
G. Creighton Webb (1854-1948)
Object Number:
1948.148
Date:
ca. 1920
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 3/4 x 40 in. ( 126.4 x 101.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "M. Bangon Copeland"
Gallery Label:
Webb was born at Tarrytown, New York, the son of General James Watson Webb. He graduated from Yale in 1876 and later received a law degree from that institution. After practicing law for five years he became the music librarian of the Metropolitan Opera Company. With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, he was commissioned a colonel and served with distinction. He was appointed secretary to the American legation at St. Petersburg, Russia, after the war.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Colonel G. Creighton Webb
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
