Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
1937.1237
Iron, paint
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Drawings
A Road Scene near Flushing, Long Island, New York
Title
A Road Scene near Flushing, Long Island, New York
Date
1884
Medium
Black ink and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 3/4 x 15 in. ( 27.3 x 38.1 cm )
Description
Landscape
Credit Line
Gift of Grace Miller Carlock, granddaughter of the artist
Object Number
1950.392
Marks
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. R. Miller, 1884"
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/(Oil 18 x 12 Water 14 x 10)/"A Road Scene near Flushing, L.I."/Composed Novr. 15th 1884/9 x 6"
inscription: lower right: "No Novr 84"
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in black ink: "Wm. R. Miller 1884"; inscribed at lower right inside image: "Novr 84"; at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems. / (Oil 18 x 12 Water 14 x 10.) / 'A road seen near Flushing, L. I.' / Composed Novr. 15th 1884. / 9 x 6."
Gallery Label
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
