Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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British Soldiers Defending the Chew Mansion during the Battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777
Object Number:
1936.909
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: lower left: "61" and "Stairway not / like this"
inscription: lower right: "Interior Chew house / fight"
stamped: on back: "THE HARRY A. OGDEN COLLECTION / OF / THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY / OCTOBER 20, 1936"
stamped: on back: "GIFT OF
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Interior Chew house / fight"; publication annotations at lower left
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
