Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Federal Banquet Pavilion in 1788, New York City
Object Number:
1864.17
Date:
after 1788
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on paper folded several times
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 15 3/4 in. (25.4 x 40 cm)
Marks:
Inscription on flag: New Constitution / Sep 17, 1787
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in flag inside image in yellow and black watercolor: "NEW / CONSTITUTION / SEP. 17. 1787"; verso inscribed at center in brown ink: "The New York Federal Table. / as seen from Bunker hill: --"
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Sophia Minton, granddaughter of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
