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
Buttons
Object name
Buttons
Date
1830-1860
Medium
Marble, chalcedony, metal
Dimensions
overall: x 3/8 x 1/2 in.
Description
2 buttons of Florentine mosaic; round black marble inlaid with chalcedonies of various colors in pastoral figure designs; marble set in met