Watch-tower, Corner of Spring and Varick Streets, New York

Object Details

After

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Upright page containing five scenes: At top is the interior of an observation room with a seated man in uniform looking through a telescope; at center below is a view of a circular staircase and a platform with a large bell; at lower left is a view of the whoe tower; and at lower right is a man ringing a bell and a fire engine going through a street during the night;

Credit Line

Gift of Cora Wilson

February 28, 1874

Accession Number

1939-70-9

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Print

Type

Print

Medium

Wood engraving printed in black ink on paper

Dimensions

40.5 x 28.3 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

made in

USA

place depicted

New York, New York, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Record ID

chndm_1939-70-9

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42bf85530-20a0-448b-87cf-b8c88a6530be