Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pane/plaque
Object Number:
INV.14409
Date:
1833-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
pressed: "J. & . C. RITCHIE"
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Rectangular pane with recessed rim; in the center a panel with a side-wheel river boat; above it "J. & C. RITCHIE", on either side of the panel two large vases with flowers and leaves, underneath a thistle above a shell as the center of two geometric horns-of-plenty which support the vases, "lacy" or stippled background.
Gallery Label:
Eight identical panes were found in a secretary bookcase in 1955; one is currently in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, another in the collection of the Oglebay Mansion Museum in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
