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
Cigarette lighter in box
Object Number:
Z.3046a-c
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Metal, cardboard
Dimensions:
Box: 5/8 x 4 x 2 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 10.2 x 5.4 cm )
Part (lighter): 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 0.6 cm)
Marks:
ink stamped: on underside of box lid: "MON LIÉGAULT / VDR BIDAULT SUC . . . / 11, Fg St Honore . . . / PARIS"
in relief: on obverse of lighter: "LA PAIX PAR LA VICTOIRE"
Description:
Cigarette lighter with disk-shaped copper(?) body with relief decoration on obverse and reverse; obverse with a pair of half-length allegorical figures representing war and peace beneath inscription, "LA PAIX PAR LA VICTOIRE"; reverse with cannon superimposed on crossed flags; in rectangular white cardboard box with edges outlined in green and a silver cross emblem on center top of lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of William A. Robbins, 1941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
