Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mary McDonough
Object Number:
1949.272
Date:
1877
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: on back: "J. L. Harding, Pinxt / A. D. N. Y., 1877"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the great-aunt of Arthur L. Dunham, who gave her portrait to the Society. Miss McDonough lived on East 22nd Street in New York City in the 1860s and 70s.
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur L. Dunham
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
