Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
Date:
1842-45
Object Number:
1915.76
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons
Object Number:
INV.11453a-j
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 5/8 in. ( 1.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped: back: "SCOVILL MFG. CO./WATERBURY"
Description:
Brass buttons; stamped on front with eagle grasping branch in one talon, and arrows in other talon, with shield on breast.
Gallery Label:
These buttons were inside a box sent by the William H. Horstmann Co. to Joseph H. Bradley, a Civil War veteran who was living at the National Soldiers Home in Virginia.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Margaret Bradley, 1940
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
