Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Seal impression in box
Object Number:
INV.4868a-c
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, wax
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
relief: on wax surface: "CSW" and "C. S. WOODHULL NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF NEW YORK"
handwritten in ink: on scrap of paper found with object: "SEAL (impression) / OF CALEB S. WOODHULL / 1792-1866 AS MAYOR OF / NEW YORK CITY FROM 1849-51 / GIFT OF LESLIE A.
Description:
Circular red wax seal impression with three-masted ship above initials "CSW" at center and inscription, "C. S. WOODHULL, PUBLIC NOTARY, STATE OF NEW YORK," surrounding edge; wax affixed to metal disk and housed in circular wooden box with flat lid.
Gallery Label:
Caleb S. Woodhull was Mayor of New York from 1849 to 1851.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leslie A. Davis, 1952
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
