Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
Object Number:
1889.10.1.2
Date:
c. 1730s
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and white lead pigment, over traces of gray wash, on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 9/16 x 9 7/16 in. (29.4 x 24 cm), irregular
Description:
Avian study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
