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Cortelyou House, Brooklyn

(American, 1820–1913 (or later))
1857
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 19.8 x 30.6 cm (7 13/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number1976.678
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLower right in red: J R V B 1857.Old mount inscribed: " Cortelyou House 1840- when occupied bby the widow Cain? -milk farm"
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport; to MFA October 13, 1976
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