Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1776.4
Medium:
Paper, broadside
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
North Side of 86th Street West of Park Avenue (Formerly Slover and Owen Residences), New York City
Object Number:
Z.2016.3a
Date:
1908
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 11.4 x 14.6 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower right: "JAN. 18-08."
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "N.S. 86th ST. FIRST HOUSES - No. 73 / WEST OF PARK AVENUE / FORMERLY SLOVER AND OWEN / RESIDENCES. / IN 1908"
inscribed in pencil: lower right: "ORIGINAL."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "N. S. 86th St. FIRST HOUSES NO. 73. / WEST OF PARK AVENUE / IN . 1908 FORMERY. SLOVER. AND. OWEN / RESIDENCES."; above in graphite: "73"; at lower right in black ink: "JAN. 18 - 08."; below in graphite: "ORIGINAL"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
