Collection Highlights
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society : adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833
Date:
Publication: 1848-1855
Object Number:
LIB.E449.A53.1848
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Sam Patch Jumping Off Genesee Falls, Rochester, New York
Object Number:
1962.17
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. ( 19.7 x 31.4 cm )
mat: 13 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. ( 35.2 x 47 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Genesee falls"; at upper right in brown ink: "Rochester / Scene of "Lorie Todd"; at lower center: "Sam Patch jumping off."
Gallery Label:
Sam Patch (ca. 1807-29) who gained fame for his spectacular daredevil diving feats, made his last, fatal dive on Novemer 13, 1829, from a platform erected on the brink of Genesee Falls. His body was not recovered until March 17, 1830, when it was found broken and frozen in a cake of ice at the mouth of the river. The body was buried at Charlotte, after which Patch passed into the speech and folklore of the nation. A woodcut and description is in the Boston Columbian Centinel, November 18, 1829.
Credit Line:
Abbott-Lenox Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
