Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object name
Oil lamp
Date
1850-1870
Medium
Glass, brass
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 3 1/8 in. ( 30.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with chimney; conical chimney and spherical font blown in mold with vertical ribs; font joined with wafer to trumpet-shaped, pressed glass base; brass collar, chimney holder, and wick-turning apparatus.
Credit Line
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number
1933.17ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
