The Photographic Album of the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, New York City

1878-1879

Victor Prevost, Gaston L. Feuardent & Co., New York

Associated Names
Victor Prevost

Artist, French, 1820 - 1881

Gaston L. Feuardent & Co., New York

Publisher, 1870 - 1880

This is an image showing the cover of a book or document. The cover is brown with a worn texture and a thin embossed border. There is a vertical red spine on the left side. The title "The American Museum of Natural History Central Park" is printed in gold lettering in a traditional serif font at the center of the cover. The design appears formal and emphasizes the institution featured.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume of 18 albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)

  • Dimensions

    book (closed): 35.56 × 29.21 × 2.54 cm (14 × 11 1/2 × 1 in.)
    book (open): 35.56 × 59.69 × 2.54 cm (14 × 23 1/2 × 1 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4099.a-r

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Wilson Corcoran, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1879; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

stamped in gold on front cover: THE AMERICAN MUSEUM / OF NATURAL HISTORY / CETRAL PARK; by unknown hand, vertical along top of spine on white and red label in black ink: THE AMER. / MUSEUM / OF / NATIONAL [sic] / HISTORY; inside front cover, on book label, typed in black ink: LIBRARY OF / THE CORCORAN ~ / ~ GALLERY OF ART / BOOK NO. [annotation in black ink: 224] SHELF NO. [annotation in graphite: 97] / LUCY DIECKS \\ CORCORAN SCHOOL OF ART [line] \; on second book label, typed in blue ink: LIBRARY / OF THE / CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART / No. [line with annotation in black ink: 224] / Presented by [line]; bottom right of second book label stamped in blue ink: Shelf No. [line with annotation in black ink and graphite: 97]; on title page, top left in graphite: 23; top right: 19; bottom center stamped in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, / Washington, D. C.