Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Civil War token
Object Number:
Z.3155
Date:
1863
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; bust of George Washington, with crossed flags behind, on obverse; obverse "UNITED WE STAND" reverse "BROAS BROTHERS / OUR / COUNTRY / PIE BAKERS."
Gallery Label:
During the Civil War, there were no metallic coins of any denomination in circulation. Tradesmen were thus forced to issue a medium that would save commerce. Many of these tokens depicted patriotic subjects.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
