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Town House, Brooklyn
Calvert Vaux (American (born in England), 1824–1895)
Frederick Clark Withers (American (born in England), 1828–1901)
Frederick Clark Withers (American (born in England), 1828–1901)
1866–72
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 50.6 x 34.3 cm (19 15/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 56.7 x 40.3 cm (22 5/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 56.7 x 40.3 cm (22 5/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 695, fig. 146
Description3-story stone house with railed steps, Gothic arches over windows and door. View of garden and trees beyond bay windows right.
Presumed to be architects's drawing for house of Charles S. Kimball who probably only occupied it a few years. It is said that the house was located at 189 Columbia Heights; it no longer stands. (Info from Miss Edna Huntington, Long Island Historical Society)
Presumed to be architects's drawing for house of Charles S. Kimball who probably only occupied it a few years. It is said that the house was located at 189 Columbia Heights; it no longer stands. (Info from Miss Edna Huntington, Long Island Historical Society)
InscriptionsLL margin in graphite in later hand: Town house in Columbia Street Brooklyn / (C.S. Kimball)/ Vaux and Withers, Architects. 1866-; right: Corner of Columbia Heights / & Clark Street.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA April 14, 1960