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Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
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Glass
Artist/Maker: Brooklyn Glass Works

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166 East 92nd Street, New York City, About 1870

166 East 92nd Street, New York City, About 1870
Title
166 East 92nd Street, New York City, About 1870
Date 
1908
Related People 
Assisted Artist: Lovett Rile
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Henry E. Rile
Medium 
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions 
image size: 6 x 5 in. ( 15.2 x 12.7 cm ) mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description 
Architecture
Credit Line 
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number 
Z.2016.1c
Marks 
dated: lower left: "MARCH-16-08." inscribed in ink: on obverse: "No 166 E. 92d St. ABOUT. 1870. / FORMER RESIDENCE OF L. K. SMITH, ESQ." inscribed in pencil: on obverse: "ORIGINAL."
Inscriptions 
Inscribed along lower edge in black ink: "March. 10 -- 08. No 166 E. 92d ST. ABOUT. 1870. / FORMER RESIDENCE OF L. K. SMITH Esq."; below in graphite: "ORIGINAL"
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