Collection Highlights
Portrait of Six Young Women Seated in a Turkish Corner
Date:
Object Number:
PR.120.1.3.SIX
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Jackson
Object Number:
INV.9026
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 19.7 x 9.5 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "JACKSON / 1 / C S"
stamped: on reverse: "WILSON / MAKER / 135 BOWERY / N. Y."
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "4" cut out at center and backed with painted (discolored) leather, with "JACKSON" and "C S" in applied lettering on recessed panels above and below.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
