Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lock and key
Object Number:
1940.673ab
Date:
1650-1700
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 10 1/4 x 9 in. ( 50.8 x 26 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Iron lock and key with pierced, scrolled border, wrought scrolled handles and key, and grotesque engraved on plate on obverse.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this lock was given with a "manor bell" (1940.672) that once hung in Pelham Priory, a girls' school run by the Boltons in the nineteenth century in Pelham, in Westchester County. The donor attended this school.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
