Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Old Boiler Factory and Houses on Centre Street near Worth Street, New York City; verso: sketch of plan
Object Number:
1945.555
Date:
1899
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 11 in. ( 21.3 x 27.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "WHW"
inscription: lower left: "Old Boiler Factory and/and other old Houses/on Centre St/near Worth, 1899"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black wash: "WHW / Old Boiler Factory and / and other old houses / on Center St / near Worth / 1899"
Gallery Label:
A note by Wallace states that the buildings were "Destroyed by fire about 1910," and a second note states that the "Buildings [are] now gone--1915."
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
