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
Mrs. Harry de Berkeley Parsons (ca. 1865-1917)
Object Number:
1905.184
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.2 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
signed: at left:"C. and F. Weidner"
Gallery Label:
Frances Walker, daughter of Francis Thompson Walker, New York stockbroker, was married in 1890 to Harry de Berkeley Parsons (1862-1935), a consulting engineer in New York City.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
