Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Heavy gray paper
Object Number:
1932.237.m.15
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall (Unfolded): 15 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (38.4 x 25.7 cm)
Description:
Machine-made(?), heavy gray paper, folded in half. Faint pencil drawing of trees on inside fold. Acid stains on both sides of paper.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tabouret was used by Asher B. Durand, an artist and engraver best known for his Hudson River school paintings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
