Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Conestoga wagon
Object Number:
2007.18.1.26
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cast iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 4 x 13 1/2 in. (21.6 x 10.2 x 34.3 cm)
Description:
Cast iron red wagon with yellow wheels and yoke; black horse with highlighted trappings; blue prospecting pan; drivers in black; later canvas covering and wooden rib supports.
Gallery Label:
This vehicle was part of the cast iron toy collection of Henry Luce III (1925-2005).
Credit Line:
Gift of Lila Luce and H. Christopher Luce in memory of Henry Luce III
Provenance:
Purchased in 1998 from Gemini Antiques, Bridgehampton, NY.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
