Battery of Castle Garden New York 1800

Object NameReverse painting

Made FromGlass

Date1840-1860

Techniqueblown; oil paint

Size(Frame): 32.6 x 43.1 cm; (glass): 25.3 x 35.6 cm

Accession Number64.4.102

Credit LineGift of Col. and Mrs. Edgar William Garbisch

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown glass; oil paint. Rectangle; harbor scene with water in foreground; sailboat at left; side- wheel steamer at right; portion of two masted ship at lower right; circular building at center flying American flag connected by a bridge of forested land at right; title painted in black script against yellow ground across bottom of panel. Frame: beveled and mitered wood, painted black.
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