Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867)
Object Number:
PR.221.39
Date:
1832
Medium:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 5/16 in. (30.3 x 23.7 cm)
Image: 4 3/16 x 3 5/8 in. (10.6 x 9.2 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed: (l) Painted by Chas. Ingham (r) Eng. by A.B. Durand / Catharine M. Sedgwick / [facsimile signature] / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1832 by James Herring in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
Description:
Engraved for James Herring and James Longacre's National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (1834-39)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
