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Sullivan, M. A.,
Architecture exterior -- Commercial
Architecture exterior -- Commercial
Figure group
Painting
Macomb's Dam Hotel, (painting).
Artist:
Sullivan, M. A., painter.
Title:
Macomb's Dam Hotel, (painting).
Dates:
1868.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
23 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (59.7 x 82.6 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower right:) M.A. Sullivan Px / 1868 signed
Description:
Macomb's Dam Hotel was presumably located near the dam built over the Harlem River in 1814/1815 by Robert Macomb for the operation of a gristmill. The two-story hotel has a balcony on the second floor and a front porch on the first floor crowded with figures. In the background there are stables with horses nearby. On the right is a large sign reading MACOMBS DAM HOTEL and L OVERTON.
Subject:
Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Hotel
Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Macomb's Dam Hotel
Figure group
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 54.90.160
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Arnold, Edward W. C. by 1935-1954.
References:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 50.
Illustration:
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 51.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 36121122
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