Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art


    • American Institute, New York City (front elevation), ca. 1834–35 (project)
    Alexander J. Davis (American, 1803–1892); Town & Davis
    Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper

    31 x 25 1/8 in. (78.7 x 63.8 cm)
    Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924 (24.66.438)

    Although Davis designed several very impressive Egyptian Revival buildings, the style was more commonly used for penitentiaries, cemetery entrances, and monuments.

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  • American Institute, New York City (front elevation), ca. 1834–35 (project)
    Alexander J. Davis (American, 1803–1892); Town & Davis
    Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper

    31 x 25 1/8 in. (78.7 x 63.8 cm)
    Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924 (24.66.438)