Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
1965.135
Date:
1845-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 7 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on lower edge of sulphide: "Lafayette"
Description:
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide profile portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette on a rose ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
