Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Dried flowers gathered in cemetery of Union soldiers
Object Number:
INV.7866
Date:
1869
Medium:
Dried flowers, silk; wood, gesso, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 26.7 x 31.8 cm )
Marks:
ink inscription: on backing, below flower bouquet: "Gathered in the/Cemetery of the Union Soldiers at Chattanooga/March 21st 1869"
ink inscription: on label glued to glass: "Presented to/The New York Historical Society/by Miss Marion H. Swasey/New Bedfor
Description:
Bouqet of dried flowers tied with silk ribbon, in gilded frame; inscription below flowers reads "Gathered in the/Cemetery of the Union Soldiers at Chattanooga/March 21st 1869"
Gallery Label:
This bouquet of dried flowers was gathered at the Cemetary of Union Soldiers in Chattanooga, TN in 1869, probably by the donor, Miss Marion H. Swasey of New Bedford, MA.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Marion H. Swasey, 1899
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
