Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Road Scene near Durham, England
Object Number:
1955.142
Date:
1841
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on brown paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 9 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 24.8 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "W.R. Miller/Staindrop"
inscription: lower left: "Road Scene (Pitty me) nr Durham, Eng. 1842 / No. 6"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "W.R. Miller / Staindrop"; at lower left in brown ink over graphite: "Road Scene (Pitty me) / Nr. durham. Eng. 1842. / No 6."; various annotations
Description:
Genre/landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
