Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Idyll; The White Peacock
Object Number:
1957.308.10
Date:
c. 1891-1900
Medium:
Graphite on card with two reproductive images laid on at center
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 9.2 x 18.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: inscription below each photo, title and signature
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at upper center beneath image in graphite: "IDYL. / From original painting in oil / F.S. Church"; at lower center beneath image: "THE WHITE PEACOCK / From original painting in oil / F.S. Church"
Description:
Idyl with tigers and flamingos.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charlene Whiteley Plummer Gellatly
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
