Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
St. Joseph School, 89th Street and East River, New York City
Object Number:
Z.2016.26a
Date:
1885
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions:
image size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 10.8 cm )
mounted: 10 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 27.6 x 23.8 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: near left edge: "RILE. / APRIL 3/85."
inscribed in pencil: on obverse: "St. JOSEPHS SCHOOL / 89 ST. EAST RIVER. / AND SECOND AV / ELEVATED R.R. / PART OF / OLD PRIME RESIDENCE. / SEEN FROM THIRD AVENUE."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in gray wash: "RILE. / APRIL 3/85."; at lower right in gray wash and graphite: "St. JOSEPHS SCHOOL / 89 ST. EAST RIVER. / AND, SECOND AV / ELEVATED R.R."; below at center in graphite: "PART OF / OLD PRIME RESIDENCE, / SEEN FROM THIRD AVENUE."
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
