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Old Homestead, View of Brooklyn

Artist: William Rickarby Miller, American, 1818-1893
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dates: 1869
Dimensions: 13 9/16 x 16 9/16 in. (34.4 x 42.1 cm)
Signature: Signed and dated lower right: "W. R. Miller Del. / Oct. 12. 1869"
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left: "Old Homestead 78th St, 5th Ave. / Brooklyn, N.Y."
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 85.82.1
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg
Image: Overall, 85.82.1_cropped.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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