Collection Highlights
Geometrical Lathe-work Proof
Date:
Object Number:
PR.221.63
Medium:
Engraving
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Prime House, 89th and 90th Streets Near Avenue A, New York City, in 1900
Object Number:
Z.2016.10a
Date:
1908
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 4 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 12.4 x 14.3 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower left: "APRIL, / 1908."
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "PRIME HOUSE. / 89th & 90th ST. NEAR AVENUE A. IN 1900. / NOW A PART OF ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL AND ORPHAN / ASYLUM."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black ink: "PRIME HOUSE. / 89th & 90th ST. NEAR AVENUE A. in 1900. / Now a PART OF ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL AND ORPHAN / ASYLUM."; at lower left: "APRIL / 1908 --"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
