Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Historical Artifacts
Page from book belonging to Russian soldier
Object Number:
Z.933
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 7 in. ( 11.1 x 17.8 cm )
Marks:
Written: in ink: "A piece of a book found in the knapsack of a dead Russian after the [awful?] charge of Bala[ktava?] before [S------]"
Description:
Torn page from book written in Russian with handwritten English inscription.
Gallery Label:
According to a note written on the paper wrapper in which this and other objects were found, it is a relic collected by Herbert D. Halsey, and was donated in 1941.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert D. Halsey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
