Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Looking glass
Object Number:
1950.17
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Mahogany, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 44 1/2 x 23 x 4 in. ( 113 x 58.4 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
label: on reverse: "John Steen / Looking Glass Store / 161 Fulton Street / New York"
Description:
Pillar looking glass with mahogany double frame; indented cornice above rectangular scroll-carved panel set between reeded blocks; pillars consisting of reeded half-column with urn-shaped capital and reeded half-cylindrical base; plain rectangular panel set between pillar bases at bottom of mirror frame.
Gallery Label:
According to the donors, this looking glass came from an old LeFevre house known as "Forest Glen," located near New Paltz, in Ulster County, New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Caldwell Thompson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
