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
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1845-1855
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 3 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Green pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to octagonal knop on octagonal columnar standard with interior ribbing on conical base with interior diamond pattern; pontil mark.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.861b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
