Collection Highlights
Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula
Date:
After 1655
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.38
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Luce Center
Key to The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-30
Object Number:
1947.414b
Date:
1830
Medium:
Brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 34 in. ( 54.6 x 86.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed and dated, upper middle, front. Inscribed.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "This key is not to be engraved, as a more / careful one will be prepared & engraved[inserted] in this / Country. / George Catlin -- / Richmond, Va. 1830."; at lower center above list of names: "There is a fault in the drawing -- occasioned by carelessness. / by making this Seat [hand pointing] / lower than the one on the rig[crossed out] left hand, / which the Engraver will please to correct --."; list of 101 sitters in six columns separated by lines
Description:
History
Gallery Label:
N-YHS Quarterly, April 1948, p 69-77 "The Last Meeting of the Giants" by R.W. Vail
Credit Line:
Anonymous Donor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
