Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Object Number:
PR.268.5.26.NYCF.47
Medium:
Overpainted photograph
Dimensions:
mat: 22.9 x 26 cm (9 x 10 1/4 in.)
sheet: 20.8 x 25.6 cm (8 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Marks:
Label, recto, lower left: "122A"; Stamp, verso, lower right: "Gift of Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, May 5, 1911"
Inscriptions:
Verso, center right in graphite: "1910-234"
Description:
1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration, New York Carnival Float
Credit Line:
Gift of Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
