Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Drawings
Old Main Street, Brooklyn, New York, in 1876 Before Demolition
Object Number:
1945.582
Date:
1877
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 15 3/8 in. ( 28.3 x 39.1 cm )
mat: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "W. H. W., 1877/Old Main St., Brooklyn in 1876/Just before demolition/figures by M. S. W."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "W.H.W 1877 / figures by / M.S.W. / Old Main St. Brooklyn in 1876 / Just before demolition"
Description:
Cityscape
Gallery Label:
On the reverse is an inscription by the artist: "W. H. Wallace lived in Main St. when a child of 6 or 7 years. His home was in the center or shaded house. The block stood between Prospect and Jay Streets, and was demolished in 1875 or 6 for the [Brooklyn] Bridge."
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
