Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Seal impressions (6) affixed to paper
Object Number:
INV.4862f
Date:
1877
Medium:
Wax, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 21 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: at center top of letter paper: "RW"
handwritten in pencil: along right side of letter paper: "Impression made for SMC by Mr. Ridley Wates at Baden-Baden, / Oct. 1877, from a seal of the martyr Ridley-"
Description:
Six circular seal impressions in red wax affixed to rectangular sheet of white letter paper with monogram "RW"; with inscription handwritten in pencil.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F.W. Kobbé, 1957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
