Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Willow, Morris Dock, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1947.403
Date:
1886
Medium:
Black ink and wash and white gouache on beige paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 18.4 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm. R. Miller 1886"
inscription: lower left: "No. [blank]/Willow[?], Morris Dock [ ] Sp[uyten] Duval [sic] Creek"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller. 1886."; inscribed at lower right inside image: "No / Willow [Willors?] Morris dock at left end Sp Duval Creek."
Description:
Landscape
Gallery Label:
Spuyten Duyvil Creek was a section of the Harlem River at the northern end of the Manhattan Island, separating the island from what is now the Bronx.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriski
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
