Collection Highlights
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Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Drawings
On Rondout Creek, New York
Object Number:
1950.388
Date:
1882
Medium:
Black ink and wash on gray-green paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 15 in. ( 27.6 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, 1882"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/(No 4 Decr Series)/"An Ulster County Water Fall"/Composed Decr 19, 1882/10 x 8"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller. 1882."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / 'On the Rondout Creek, N.Y.' / Composed Octr. 20th 1882. / 12 x 8."; annotations inside and outside image
Description:
Landscape
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 gems of American landscape.
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
