Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Madison Cottage, Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street in 1850, New York City
Object Number:
1945.573
Date:
c. 1890s
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. ( 13.7 x 25.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "W. H. W."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "W.H.W"; at lower left: "Corner of Fifth Av. and 23d St / 1850"
Description:
Architecture
Gallery Label:
This sketch was made from an old print.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
