Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Pills
Object Number:
Z.859
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, pills
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 in. ( 5.4 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on wrapper: "30 IN A BOTTLE/ P.P.P/ PARSON'S/ PURGATIVE PILLS,/ Registered U.S. Patent Office/ FOR/ Impurities of the Blood,/ CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION,/ DIZZINESS, LIVER TROUBLES,/ SICK HEADACHE, ETC./ These Pills are invaluable as a Family Medi
Description:
Pills in original, inscribed wrapper.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
