Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Johannes Schenck House, Highland Park, Brooklyn, New York; verso: sketch of same view
Object Number:
1951.48
Date:
c. 1925-50
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/4 x 21 in. ( 37.5 x 53.3 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower left: "E. E. Case"
Inscribed: at lower right: "Johannes Schenck House / Higland Park- L.I."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in blue watercolor: "EECASE"; inscribed at lower right: "Johannes Schenck House / Highland Park-- L.I."; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "Cornell-Schenck Home at Highland Park East New York / built about 1760-- / Inherited from his father-in-law Isaac Cornell-- by Judge Teunis Schenck / who was the son of Teunis Schenck of Buskwick-- grandson of Johannes Schenck / Sold to Brookly[sic] 1906"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Bequest of Elizabeth E. Case
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
