Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Government House in 1797, New York City
Object Number:
1945.591
Date:
after 1907
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper, mounted on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 15 in. ( 26.7 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Government House, Bowling Green"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left inside image in black wash : "Government House Bowling Green"; below in graphite: "1797 copy of the first old Print, after Milbourne"; mounted inscribed: "Old Government House & site of old Fort and / new (1907) Custom House. Drawn by W.H.W from original engraving -- / The House with green door over cart was a residence of Robert Fulton when a portrait painter, this house remained until 1914"
Gallery Label:
This is an undated copy by Wallace of the original view by C. Milbourne, which is also in the Society's collection. Milbourne's view was reproduced as a lithograph in colors by William Ellis and copyrighted by H.R. Robinson in 1847. Wallace's watercolor was, no doubt, taken from the published print.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
