Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Old Stump and Boulders, Botanical Park, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
Z.2016.10l
Date:
1915
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 4 x 5 5/8 in. ( 10.2 x 14.3 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower left: "APRIL / 17/15"
inscribed in ink: below image: "OLD STUMP AND BOULDERS. BOT-C PARK."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "APRIL / 17/15"; below at right on page in black ink: "OLD STUMP AND BOULDERS. BOT-C PARK,"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
