Collection Highlights
Controller handle
1904
1922.103
Silver, steel, ceramic
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"A Bit of the Old Five Points", New York City
Title
"A Bit of the Old Five Points", New York City
Date
c. 1868
Medium
Graphite and gray wash on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 13 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Object Number
X.415
Marks
signed: lower right: "Aug. Will, fec."
inscribed and dated: lower left: "A bit of the Old Five Points, New York, about 1868"
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Ag Will fec."; at lower left in brown ink: "A BIT OF THE OLD FIVE POINTS. NEW YORK. ABOUT 1868."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
