Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan: 3 children in boat
Object Number:
INV.8730
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Wood, paper, paint, metal, mother of pearl
Dimensions:
closed: 6 1/2 x 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 16.5 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper tag attached with string to handle: "GIFT OF / JAMES / CANNY / 1956"
Description:
Fan with wooden guards and sticks with metal piqué set within incised circles; paper leaf with hand-colored printed scenes, the obverse with one male and three female figures seated in landscape, and the reverse with a man and woman in a boat, with a fisherman standing on shore nearby; rivet with mother of pearl buttons.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Canny, 1956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
