Collection Highlights
Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula
Date:
After 1655
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.38
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Luce Center
Civil War artillery shell
Object Number:
1949.265
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 7 in. ( 38.1 x 17.8 cm )
Marks:
painted: body: "REBEL-SHELL/PICKED UP ONE NIGHT IN/FEB. 1865 IN COVERED WAY/BETWEEN FT BRAD...& COX'S/WHARF JAMES RIVER, VA"
Description:
Iron artillery shell; conical iron shell with flat bottom and hole at top; white painted mark on body.
Credit Line:
Gift of William Leonard Nicoll
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
