Artist/Maker
William Henry Wallace
Rear of Niblo's Garden Theatre, Crosby Street, New York City
1895
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Black ink and wash over graphite on paper laid on paper
Overall: 4 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 20.6 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
1945.562
DescriptionCityscape detail: This painting of the rear of the theater shows the stage door. A note by Wallace refers to the painting as "my original sketch."Markingssignature and date: lower right: "Sketched at time of Demolition, March 30, 1895. W.H.W."
InscribedInscribed and signed at lower right in black ink: "Niblos Garden Theatre on Crosby St. / rear showing Stage building and / stage door, Sketched at time / of demolition March 30 / 1895 / WHW"; inscribed on mount at lower left in graphite: "my original sketch of Niblos Garden Theatre, rear."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
William Henry Wallace
1869
1945.602
James Carroll Beckwith
ca. 1875
1935.85.2.108