Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Indian Encampment
Object Number:
1970.80
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
14 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Sketch made at / Inwood, N.Y. 1889 / by, then, U. J. Keppler (170 / since Jos Keppler / now John's[?] / Bantcastle[?] / To Sally / with all good wishes / Nov 5th 1936."
Description:
Genre
Gallery Label:
A note on the reverse, in pencil, states that it was a sketch made at Inwood, New York, in 1889 by Udo Keppler, age seventeen, since "Jos. Keppler." At this period Udo's father, Joseph Keppler, Sr., had a home on the summit of Inwood Hill, now Inwood Hill Park, New York City.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Keppler, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
