Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seal impression in box
Object Number:
Z.1784a-c
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wax, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 4.1 cm )
Marks:
monogram in relief: in oval depression in wax: "AVHS"
Description:
Octagonal red wax wafer with oval seal impression with monogram "AVHS" in relief; in circular brown plastic box with screw-top lid.
Gallery Label:
This seal is apparently that of Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
