Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Lady Washington
Object Number:
INV.9217
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 19 x 14.3 x 3.5 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "LADY / WASHINGTON / 1 / EBA"
stamped: on reverse: "WILSON / MAKER / 135 BOWERY / N.Y."
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "1" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "LADY / WASHINGTON" and "EBA" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed, red painted panels above and below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
