Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seal of the State of New York
Object Number:
INV.4038
Date:
1810-1860
Medium:
Wax, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
in relief: on one side (obverse?): "THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK" and "EXCELSIOR"
in relief: on other side (reverse?): "FRUSTRA" and "1777"
Description:
Paper covered wax seal of the State of New York with a rising or setting sun with human face above three hills and inscriptions in relief on one side, and a field of waving grass with a butte in the distance and inscriptions in relief, including the year "1777," on the other.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
