Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Wreck in Scratchell's Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Object Number:
1955.149
Date:
1892
Medium:
Black ink and wash, white gouache, and graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 in. ( 27.3 x 38.1 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller Del./Augt 8th 1892"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] Marine Series/"A Wreck in Scratchell's Bay"/(Isle of Wight)/Composed Augt 8th 1892/12 x 8"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller. Del / Augt. 8th 1892."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No Marine Series. / 'A Wreck in Scratchell's Bay.' / (Isle of Wight.) / Composed Augt 8th 1892. / 12 x 8"
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
