About This Item


  • Call NumberUNDE_0002
  • Title[Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch]
  • SummaryClose-up of Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, a Civil War memorial designed by John H. Duncan with sculptures by Frederick MacMonnies at Grand Army Plaza.
  • Date1900
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title supplied by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectDuncan, John H. (John Hemingway), 1855-1929 ; MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937 ; Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch (New York, N.Y.) ; Sculpture, American -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection