Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Historical Artifacts
Seal w/docu: General Society of Colonial Wars 1607-1775
Object Number:
INV.4210
Date:
1894
Medium:
Wax, paper, string
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 13.3 x 0.6 cm )
Part (seal): 2 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7 x 0.6 cm)
Marks:
in relief: on seal: "GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS / 1607 / 1775 / FORTITER PRO PATRIA"
printed/handwritten: on attached paper: "New York Historical Society / With the compliments of the Society / of Colonial Wars in the State of New / York. / HOWLAND
Description:
Facsimile in wax of the seal of the Society of Colonial Wars; red wax disk attached with string to rectangular piece of paper with printed and handwritten inscriptions.
Gallery Label:
Founded in 1892, the Society of Colonial Wars admits male descendants of British or Colonial soldiers and of colonial civil and military officials from the period 1620-1775.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
