Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Artillery Damaged Buildings in a Southern City
Title
Artillery Damaged Buildings in a Southern City
Date
1861-65
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 10 5/8 in. ( 35.6 x 27 cm )
Description
Civil War Drawings Collection.
Credit Line
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number
1945.580.65
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Irvin Platt [Iron plates?]"
Provenance
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
