Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Shopping bag
Object Number:
2002.1.1860
Date:
1970-2000
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 6 in.
Description:
This small white paper bag is printed on one side in brown with a drawing of a man in nineteenth century dress working with a large mortar and pestle. It reads "From the Fascinating and Fragrant World of/ Caswell/ Massey Co. LTD./ America's Oldest Chemists & Perfumers/ Established 1752/ 518 Lexington Avenue at 48TH Street/ New York, N.Y. 10017/ 212 PL 5-2254".
Credit Line:
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
