Sources: Washington Terrace Part 3: Gemstones, Bicycles and Artwork

To link to the blog post: Washington Terrace Part 3: Gemstones, Bicycles, and Artwork

Books

After the Hunt: 1870-1900 William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters by Alfred Frankenstein, University of California Press, 1975.

Images

Sources are provided in the captions. Online image sources accessed May 2017.

Miscellaneous

Accessed during April-May 2017:
Catalog of the University of Denver and Colorado Seminary, University of Denver, 1892.
Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review, vol 27, Jewelers' Circular Publishing Company, 1893, "S. Lyons & Son Pushed to the Wall by their Creditors," 13 Sep 1893.
Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review, vol 27, Jewelers' Circular Publishing Company, 1893, "S. Lyons & Son Want to Settle at 100 Per Cent," 20 Sep 1893.
Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 53, no 1366: May 19, 1894

Periodicals: Newspapers

Accessed during April-May 2017 (New York Times accessed via NYT online archives. All others accessed via fultonhistory.com unless noted):
New York Herald 15 Jul 1894.
New York Times, 26 Sep 1894, "Bicycle Races at White Plains."
New York Times, 14 Nov 1894, "Cyclists at a Dance."
New York Times, 18 Dec 1894, "Among the Wheelman."
New York Times 6 Feb 1898, "Cycling Race Reforms."
New York Times, 15 Mar 1904, "Reconciled on Deathbed."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 24 Sep 1927, "$20,000 in Jewels Reported Stolen from Hotel Room." (Accessed April 2017 via paid subscriber to newspapers.com)
The World 22 Dec 1898, "Says Cycling Wrecked His Home."

Public Records 

Accessed April 2017
via ancestry.com:
1880 United States Federal Census
1900 United States Federal Census
1905 New York State Census
1910 United States Federal Census
1915 New York State Census
1925 New York State Census
New York City: City Directories
via familysearch.org:
New York, New York Marriage Records
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths

Websites

Accessed during April-May 2017
askART.com "Trompe l'oeil Painting"
Daytonian in Manhattan, 6 Mar 2015, "Nos 46 and 48 West 86th Street"
genealogy.com "George W. Platt (1839-1899) Artist"
rootsweb.com "George W. Platt (1839-1899)"
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Hope Diamond/Timeline
wikipedia.com "14 Maiden Lane"