Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ring
Object Number:
INV.10312a
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Tin ring made from scrap metal at the Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this ring was fashioned out of an artillery shell fragment by Simon Hulbert, a soldier with the 100th New York Infantry who died at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia on August 11, 1864.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edwin W. Burch
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
