Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Commemorative cane
Object Number:
2010.24.67
Date:
2007
Medium:
Painted wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (95.9 x 6.4 x 8.3 cm)
Description:
Robert E. Lee.
Gallery Label:
Can collector Lou Grumet commissioned Baltimore carver to create a figural cane featuring Robert E. Lee, the general of the Confederate Army. The handle of the cane is a portrait bust of Lee.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lou and Barbara Grumet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
