Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
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Object Number:
PR.268.5.23.NYCF.30
Medium:
Overpainted photograph
Dimensions:
mat: 24.9 x 33.1 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
sheet: 20.8 x 25.7 cm (8 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Marks:
Label, recto, lower left: "113B"; Stamp, verso, lower right: "Gift of Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, May 5, 1911"
Inscriptions:
Verso, center center in graphite: "1910-234", Lower right in graphite: "4019-5-2"
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.
