Collection Highlights
Geometrical Lathe-work Proof
Date:
Object Number:
PR.221.63
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Park Row, New York City
Object Number:
1946.383
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Black ink and white gouache on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 16 3/8 in. ( 30.8 x 41.6 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "C. W. Benjamin."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in black ink: "C.W. Benjamin"; verso inscribed vertically in large partially illegible letters in graphite: "Pub N…"; at upper right: "Prior 1890"; below: "G.W. Benjamin [Probably Samuel Green / Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914)] / see Dictionary of Artists / in America[title underlined]; below upside down in black ink various calligraphic trials: "Charles / Charles Pres / Charles Ch / Charles Pres…"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Louis Kirschenbaum
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
