Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll: in red and black dress
Object Number:
INV.11747
Date:
ca. 1858
Medium:
Composition, textile, cardboard, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. ( 16.5 x 11.7 cm )
Marks:
written: in ink on paper label affixed beneath base: "Liizzie [sic]/ Cilton in company/ with George Davis got this to a / levee to 'Bington' the fall'/ of 1858./ For Rom"
Description:
Doll with painted composition shoulder head mounted on black, skirt-shaped pillow stuffed with cotton; red bodice with lace-trimmed sleeves; cardboard base.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
