Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Drawings
High Bridge, Harlem River, New York City
Object Number:
1962.88
Date:
1920
Medium:
Brown and black ink on buff paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 33.7 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Otto F. Langmann / 1920"
inscription: lower left: "Washington Bridge, N.Y.C."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Washington Bridge NYC."; signed at lower right: "Otto F. Langmann 1920"
Gallery Label:
This is a view of High Bridge looking across the Harlem River from Manhattan Island toward the Bronx. The artist is in error in calling this a view of Washington Bridge, which crosses the river several blocks north of High Bridge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Otto Frederick Langmann
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
