Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.95
Date:
1876
Medium:
Glass, paper, silvering
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
The rectangular clear glass paperweight has a silver mirror on the bottom and a paper insert that reads through the glass: The Atlas Portland Cement Co./ Portland Atlas Cement/ "The Standard by Which All Other Makes Are Measured".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
