Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box camera
Object Number:
INV.8351
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Wood, leather, glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 10 x 6 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 25.4 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden, possibly home-made, box camera with leather laminated to surface and handle on top; primitive rotary shutter.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
