Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Luce Center
John Bogart Wright (1801-1858)
Object Number:
1925.17
Date:
ca. 1823
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7 x 5.7 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject, the son of Augustus Wright and Catharine (Bogart) Wright, was a wholesale dry goods merchant on Pearl Street in New York. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandson.
Credit Line:
Gift of Howland D. Perrine
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
