Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Historical Artifacts
Painting of sailboat "Mary"
Object Number:
Z.1439
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Oil, canvas, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 27 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
ink inscription: on back of frame: "16 foot/sea skiff/in which/Griffith voyaged/down from/Monongahela/Ohio/Mississippi River/to Gulf of Mexico/1917"
Description:
Oil painting of sea skiff "Mary" in frame.
Gallery Label:
This painting depicts the 16 foot sea skiff "Mary," in which Frederic Griffith (donor) voyaged down from Monongahela, Ohio on the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico in 1917.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
