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
Tile
Object name
Tile
Date
1725-1775
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with biblical scene of seated figure with crutches with two standing figures, with church in background; ox-head corner motifs; tile broken into 4 pieces.
Credit Line
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number
Z.770m
Gallery Label
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Beekman Mansion (possibly the nursery room) at First Avenue and 51st St., New York, NY. They were removed and incorporated in a settle (bench) when the structure was torn down in 1874.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
