Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Demonstration Plaque or Niche

John LaFarge
1835-1910

Demonstration Plaque or Niche

ca. 1889
9 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (235 x 121 mm)
Watercolor and graphite on paper.
1995.20

Gift of Steve J. Warner.

Notes
This drawing was made as a study for a plaque to illustrate the techniques of stained glass for the 1889 Paris Exposition.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in watercolor in the lunette, "MD CCC / LXXXXIX"; below this, in watercolor, on central panel, "CES FRAGMENTS / D'OUVRAGES COURANT / FEVRIER-MARS / SONT PLACES ICI / POUR MONTRER / LA METHODE DITE / AMERICAINE / INVENTEE PAR / JOHN LA FARGE N YK "; at left center, "made for Paris Exhibition".
Associated names
Heinigke, Otto Weir, Sr., former owner.
Heinigke, Otto Weir, Jr., former owner.
Leuchs, Frederick, former owner.
McNally, Sean, former owner.
Warner, Steve J., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department