Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Sunset on the Thames, England
Object Number:
1955.151
Date:
1892
Medium:
Black ink and wash and white gouache over graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 36.2 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller Del./Augt 24th 1892"
inscription: lower right: "No [blank] Marine Series/744 Broadway, N.Y."
inscription: upper: "No [blank] Marine Series/(20 x 10)/"A Sunset on the Thames, England"/(A Margate Hoy)/Compos
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller. Del. / Augt. 24th 1892"; inscribed at lower right inside image: "No Marine Series. / 744 Broadway / N. Y"; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No Marine Series. / 'A Sunset on the Thames England..' / (a Margate Hoy) / Composed Augt 24th 1892. / 10 x 8"
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
