Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Blotting sand
Object Number:
Z.1481
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Lead, paper, twine
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 9.5 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on paper wrapping found with object: "Gift of W. S. Poor" and "J Brookes"
handwritten in ink: on paper wrapping found with object: "Used before blotting / paper was invented / Lead Filings / from / Grandpa's"
Description:
Lead filings used for blotting; wrapped in a paper packet tied with twine.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
