Collection Highlights
Pastoral Scene by Andrew R. Smith
Date:
1822
Object Number:
MSS.BV.AfricanFreeSchool.Vol4.
Medium:
Manuscript
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dolls (2)
Object Number:
1953.30ab
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, textile
Dimensions:
Overall (a, largest): 16 1/4 in. × 5 in. × 3 in. (41.3 × 12.7 × 7.6 cm)
Description:
Two dolls with turned wood heads and torsos; mortise and tenon joints at waists, knees, and elbows; faces painted white, with black hair, blue eyes, pink cheeks, and red lips; 1953.30a clothed in brown dress with floral print border, and 1953.3b clothed in floral print dress with green ribbon borders.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
