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Looking West on East 20th Street from Third Avenue, New York City

Looking West on East 20th Street from Third Avenue, New York City
Title
Looking West on East 20th Street from Third Avenue, New York City
Object name 
Dipper
Date 
1920
Medium 
Black ink, graphite, and collage on card
Dimensions 
Overall: 17 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 43.8 x 7 x 7 cm )
Description 
Tin dipper made of a seamed cylindrical cup with a long applied handle tapering toward an applied loop.
Credit Line 
Gift of Frank Dudley Tansley
Object Number 
1920.121
Inscriptions 
Signed at lower right in black ink: "C. THOMPSON."; inscribed at lower right of center in graphite: "see other side for details."; verso contains various clippings about the meetings of the Masonic Chancellor Walworth Lodge that met in this building
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.