Collection Highlights
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
1936.696ab
Glass
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Luce Center
Youle's Shot Tower, New York City
Title
Youle's Shot Tower, New York City
Date
1902
Medium
Oil, encaustic, or casein on card with faux wood grain veneer on verso
Dimensions
Overall: 13 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. ( 33.7 x 29.8 cm )
mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 36.2 cm )
Description
Architecture
Credit Line
Gift of Victor Wilbour
Object Number
1916.27
Marks
signed: lower left: "V. Wilbour"
dated: verso: "1902"
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right in black crayon: "V.Wilbour"; verso inscribed at center in graphite and black ink: "Shot Tower / 54th St. & East River / Painting in Oil / By Victor Wilbour 1902 / Presented by the artist 5/2/1916 / George Youle's Shot Tower / On shore of East River, between / 53-54 Sts, on line of Avenue / A (now Sutton Place), which / begins at 54 St. Street in / forground is Avenue A"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
