Collection Highlights
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date:
c. 1810-14
Object Number:
1953.274f
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Riverside Drive Near 84th Street (Old Boat House), New York City
Object Number:
Z.2016.17f
Date:
1908
Medium:
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 9.5 x 13.7 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
dated: lower right: "OCT. 1-08"
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "RIVERSIDE / DRIVE NEAR 84th ST. / OLD BOAT HOUSE."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower edge in black ink over graphite: "RIVERSIDE / DRIVE NEAR 84th ST. OCT. 1-08 / OLD BOAT HOUSE."; below at right on page in graphite: "Demolished in 1912"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
