Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fanny Gray
Object Number:
1973.10.4a-k
Date:
1854
Medium:
Paper, cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 8 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 21.3 x 17.1 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on lid of box: "Fanny Gray. / PUBLISHED BY / CROSBY, NICHOLS & CO. / 111 Washington St. / BOSTON. / S. W. Chandler & Bro. Lith. Boston."
printed: in pencil on lid of box: "1854"
printed: on cover of booklet: "FANNY GRAY; / A / HISTORY OF HER LI
Description:
Five chromolithographed paper doll costumes with single detachable head, with booklet entitled "Fanny Gray; A History of Her Life" and chromolithograph illustrating an idyllic landscape; in original cardboard box.
Bibliography:
Weinstein, Amy A. "Children's toys." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 188-193.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Constance Sherman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
