Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Shipwreck Scene (Allegory of Fortune/Hope), Folio 11 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Object Number:
1944.376
Date:
1828
Medium:
Conté crayon and graphite on paper, laid on an album page, bound into and album
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (8.4 x 10.5 cm)
Marks:
Signed and dated: at lower right:"T. Cole---1828"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in graphite: "T Cole --1828."; below image partially erased: "Hope afraid in…the..."
Description:
Allegory
Credit Line:
Bequest of Emily Ellison Post
Provenance:
John Ludlow Morton, New York City; Harriet E. Morton Ellison; Emily Ellison Post, Jackson Heights, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
