2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
Artist/Maker: George Harvey

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Cornwallis' Surrender to Washington at Yorktown, October 19, 1781

Cornwallis' Surrender to Washington at Yorktown, October 19, 1781
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Unidentified Artist
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Henry Alexander Ogden
Title
Cornwallis' Surrender to Washington at Yorktown, October 19, 1781
Medium 
Graphite and gray wash with touches of white gouache on beige paper
Dimensions 
Overall: 20 1/2 x 35 3/4 in. ( 52.1 x 90.8 cm )
Description 
Genre
Credit Line 
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number 
1936.989
Marks 
inscriptions: none
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.