Collection Highlights
Controller handle
1904
1922.103
Silver, steel, ceramic
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Luce Center
A New York Cabby: 59th Street, New York City
Title
A New York Cabby: 59th Street, New York City
Date
1904
Medium
Black ink over graphite on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 14 in. ( 43.2 x 35.6 cm )
mat: 22 x 16 in. ( 55.9 x 40.6 cm )
Description
Cityscape
Credit Line
Gift of Victor Semon Perard
Object Number
1947.71
Marks
signature: lower right: "Victor Perard"
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Victor Perard"; inscribed at left edge vertically in graphite: "Make a positive For Victor Perard / 1 W. 67th St. N.Y.C."; publication annotations
Gallery Label
This is a view east toward Fifth Avenue from the interior of a hansom cab.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
