Collection Highlights
French press
1812-1819
1943.368
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; yellow poplar, white pine, brass, plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
McComb's Dam Bridge, Harlem River, N.Y.
Title
McComb's Dam Bridge, Harlem River, N.Y.
Date
n.d.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 26 in. ( 40.6 x 66 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Horace Figuers
Object Number
1973.23
Marks
Signature: Lower Left: "FRANK HOUGHTON"
Gallery Label
This oil painting is a study, in reverse, of a Currier and Ives lithograph entitled View on the Harlem River, N.Y. The painting was purchased by a member of the donor's family at an auction sale in 1871 and hung in the family home in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn until presented to the Society.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
