Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Holiday Windows
Object Number:
1950.267
Date:
1870
Medium:
Black ink and wash, white gouache, graphite on beige card
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 11 in. ( 30.5 x 27.9 cm )
mat: 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.6 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "W.H. Low 1870"
inscription: lower right: "Holiday Windows"
inscription: verso, upper right, pencil: "Wm H. Low/Nov. 21st 1870/Holiday Windows"
inscription: upper left: "Refused by [Harper?] Leslie"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at the lower left inside image in graphite: "WHLow 1873"; at lower right outside image in black ink over graphite: "'HOLIDAY WINDOWS.'"; verso inscribed at upper left: "Refused by Harper -- Leslie Hth & Home'; at upper right: "WmHLOW / Nov 21st. 1870 / 'Holiday Windows'"
Description:
Genre
Gallery Label:
Street passersby are looking into a store window marked "artist's materials" with the street address of "201."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. R. S. Butler, niece of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
