Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Copperplate for Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432 in John James Audubon's "Birds of America"
Object Number:
1960.21
Date:
19th century
Medium:
copper, steel-faced
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 26 1/2 in. ( 55.9 x 67.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: stamped on back 4 corners: PONTIFEX & STILES/23 L... STREET SOHO/LONDON
Description:
Plate for the engraving of the Burrowing owl and Little owl
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
