Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Mary Coleman Richardson: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2569
Date:
1800-1825
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on paper
Dimensions:
image height: 3 1/4 in. ( 8.3 cm )
Marks:
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
inscription: on back: "RICHARDSON, MARY / COLEMAN / PEALE MUSEUM / Jan 10, 1952"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from beige paper with black underlay; oval frame of molded and gilded sheet brass over wood.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
