Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Horizontal Engine
Object Number:
1933.284
Date:
1878
Medium:
Black ink and wash and watercolor over graphite on paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 5/8 x 20 1/8 in. ( 32.1 x 51.1 cm )
Marks:
signed: lower right: "Fred. G. Woodman/age 17/South Orange, New Jersey"
inscribed: lower right: "Horizontal Engine - 3/4 of an inch=one foot"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink over graphite: " FRED. G. WOODMAN. /AGE 17 / SOUTH GRANGE NEW JERSEY."; at lower center " --HORIZONTAL ENGINE --"; at lower right: "3/4 OF AN INCH = ONE FOOT."
Description:
Mechanical Drawing
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
