Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Luce Center
Peggy Shippen and Captain André or "An Advance by the Enemy"; verso: sketch of same scene
Object Number:
1936.876
Date:
1920
Medium:
Graphite and watercolor on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. ( 41 x 32.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "HAOgden"
inscription: lower right: "Done 10 x 13 / Wedding gift / March 25 1920 / To Hazel Messenger / 25 March"
inscription: lower left and center: "'Peggy Shippen & Capt André' or An Advance by the Enemy, Philadelphia"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "H.A. Ogden."; inscribed along lower edge: " 'Peggy Shippen & Capt. Andre'. or An Advance by the Enemy Philadelphia"; publication annotations in margins
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
