New York, Union Square
Artist
Silas A. Holmes
(American, 1820 - 1886)
Date1856
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 × 14 5/8 inches (30.48 × 37.16 cm)
Mount: 16 11/16 × 19 15/16 inches (42.39 × 50.62 cm)
Mount: 16 11/16 × 19 15/16 inches (42.39 × 50.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.61.15
Signednone
InscribedOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "New York / Union Square / 1856"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a men, women, and children gathered in a town's square near a large fenced-in monument depicting a uniformed man on a horse. Horse-drawn carriages travel along the road lined with buildings.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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