Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Happiness
Object Number:
X.498
Date:
1847
Medium:
Gray wash, graphite, and gouache on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "New York Sketch Club"
inscription: lower right: "H.W. Greatorex"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in brown ink: "New York Sketch Club Happiness HW Greatorex"
Description:
Drawn for the New York Sketch Club's last meeting in 1847, theme: Happiness. Boston, Daily Evening Transcript, 12 Dec 1847, 2:2.
Gallery Label:
Probably represents Henry W. Greatorex, a prominent NYC musician who married the artist Eliza (Pratt) Greatorex in 1849. He died in 1858.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
