View from Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Rudolph Cronau (American, born Germany, 1855–1939). View from Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, 1881. Watercolor and black ink on cream, moderately thick, smooth textured wove paper mounted to pulpboard, 7 13/16 x 9 3/4 in. (19.8 x 24.8 cm) Frame: 16 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (41.6 x 54 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Gerold Wunderlich, 1996.221. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
View from Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Date
1881
Medium
Watercolor and black ink on cream, moderately thick, smooth textured wove paper mounted to pulpboard
Classification
Dimensions
7 13/16 x 9 3/4 in. (19.8 x 24.8 cm) Frame: 16 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (41.6 x 54 x 3.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left corner: "Rud. Cronau. / Brooklyn, 81"
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right: "Partie vom Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn."; inscribed verso in black ink: "On Greenwood Cemetery near Brooklyn, N.Y. / Drawing made by Rudolf Cronau 1881. / 7 x 9 1/2"; notated bottom center, in pencil: "65"
Credit Line
Gift of Gerold Wunderlich
Accession Number
1996.221
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