Looking West From Madison Square Garden Tower
Artist
Victor Piard
(American, active 1840s-1860s)
Dateca. 1890
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (19.37 × 24.29 cm)
Mount: 11 × 14 inches (27.94 × 35.56 cm)
Mount: 11 × 14 inches (27.94 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2875
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "By Victor Piard / c.1882";
On mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "Box 10 / #9" / "Photograph / by V. Piard / ca.1882"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "$35";
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "631/lot"
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DescriptionVintage albumen print on original mount. Image overlooking the city (as taken from Madison Square Garden Tower). Title in pencil on back of mount. "By Victor Piard, c. 1882" written (not in artist's hand) on back of mount.
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Horace D. Ashton
1911
2005.27.3874
