About This Item

  • Title[Allegorical figure of Brooklyn, 1916]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0275
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of marble sculpture on granite pedestal, Allegorical Figure of Brooklyn, 1916, by Daniel Chester French, 1850-1931, a young woman seated with child holding open book sitting at her feet, removed from entrance to Manhattan Bridge in 1963 and erected outside entrance to Brooklyn Museum in 1965.
  • Date1965
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 27, 1966; photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectFrench, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 ; Art museums ; Marble sculpture ; Sculpture, American
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.