Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Views of Staten Island and Governors Island, New York
Object Number:
1955.125b
Date:
1879
Medium:
Graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. ( 34.6 x 26.4 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: "Governors Island/on way to Staten Island/Jany 24th 1879"
inscription: "Staten Island/Jany 24, 1879"
inscription: "Near New Brighton/Staten Island/Jany 24 '79"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Staten Island / Jany 24 1879"; inscribed at lower left: "Governors Island / On way to Staten Island Jany 24th 1879"; at lower right: "Near New Brighton / Staten Island / Jany 24th 1879"
Description:
Marine
Gallery Label:
A sheet of three random views, one entitled Governors Island/on way to Staten Island/Jany 24th 1879; another titled Staten Island/Jany 24, 1879; and another titled Near New Brighton/Staten Island/Jany 24 '79.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
