The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Central Park, New York, from "Harper's Weekly"

Pach Brothers|Harper's Weekly|Josiah Wood Whymper

April 10, 1880 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Central Park, New York, from "Harper's Weekly" — Pach Brothers|Harper's Weekly|Josiah Wood Whymper

This 1880 view of the Museum depicts a gallery arched iron roof supports, skylights and a balcony. A classical sculpture of Medea flanks an entrance in the left foreground, with a second marble of a reclinging woman at right. The gallery beyond contains glass cases. A border around the central image represents objects in the collection–four sides of an ancient stone sarcophagus and terracotta vase from Amathus, Phoenician vases, terracotta heads from the Temple of Apollo Hylates, metal adornments, and two Asian porcelain jars.

Artist
Pach Brothers|Harper's Weekly|Josiah Wood Whymper
Date
April 10, 1880
Medium
Wood engraving
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Phyllis Lucas, 1972
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