Collection Highlights
The Indian: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization
1856
1875.4
White marble and wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
163 East 90 Street (Vandewater Mansion), New York City, in 1897
Title
163 East 90 Street (Vandewater Mansion), New York City, in 1897
Date
1908
Medium
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions
image size: 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 17.1 x 13 cm )
mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 cm )
Description
Architecture
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Object Number
Z.2016.2a
Marks
inscribed in ink: lower right: "163 EAST. 90th ST / VANDEWATER MANSION - IN - 1897.
inscribed in pencil: lower left: "ORIGINAL."
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right in black ink: "163 EAST. 90th ST / VANDEWATER MANSION . IN . 1897."; at lower left in graphite: "ORIGINAL"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
