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The Bay of New York Looking to the Narrows and Staten Island, Taken from Brooklyn Heights

1820–25
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Bay of New York Looking to the Narrows and Staten Island, Taken from Brooklyn Heights
  • Artist: William Guy Wall (Irish, Dublin 1792–after 1864 Ireland (active America))
  • Date: 1820–25
  • Geography: Made in Ireland
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor and gum arabic on white wove paper
  • Dimensions: 21 x 27 1/16 in. (53.3 x 68.7 cm)
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.161
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Woman on a Beach, Albertus H. Baldwin  American, Watercolor, graphite, and gum arabic on white wove paper., American
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Forest Grove, William Guy Wall  Irish, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
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Winter Scene in Philadelphia—The Bank of the United States in the Background, John Lewis Krimmel  American, born Germany, Watercolor, black ink, and gum arabic on white wove paper, American
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Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Pavel Petrovich Svinin
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