Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
INV.771
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Ivory, paper, silver, mother of pearl, other metal
Dimensions:
closed: 10 1/2 x 1 x 1 in. ( 26.7 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Fan with carved and pierced ivory guards and pierced ivory sticks with applied silver decoration, and paper leaf with color-printed scenes on obverse and reverse; obverse with multiple figures in idealized landscape, including female figure holding cornucopia and seated in golden chariot drawn by a pair of goats at center; reverse with two male and two female figures catching butterflies at a spring; metal handle and rivet with mother of pearl buttons.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
