Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Julia Augusta Mead (1845-1847)
Object Number:
1929.27
Date:
ca. 1847
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 29 in. ( 91.4 x 73.7 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject was the first-born daughter of Frederick Mead and Mary Eliza (Scribner) mead, and sister of the donor. She died on April 17, 1847, shortly before her second birthday.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edwin A. Abbey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
