Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
1842-45
1915.76
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"Old Glory's" First Engagement, August 3, 1777, Fort Stanwix, New York
Title
"Old Glory's" First Engagement, August 3, 1777, Fort Stanwix, New York
Medium
Graphite and gray wash on beige paper
Description
History
Credit Line
Purchase, Robert J. Gallione Wilbur Fund
Object Number
1955.283
Inscriptions
Signed at lower left in graphite: "HA Ogden"; inscribed along lower edge: " 'Old Glory's' first Engagement / Col. Gansewood raises the first flag -- (made in the fort) on a Bastion of Fort Stanwix (Rome N.Y) / at the beginning of its Seige by St. Leger - Aug 3d 1777."
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