Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sketchbook with 7 Folios, and one inserted Folio by a different hand (dated 1855)
Object Number:
1960.103
Date:
c. 1851-55
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. ( 21.6 x 28.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: inside front cover: "Master Kennedy/commissioned the 26th Nov. 1851./drawn without ink or cover papers" one loose sheet, at bottom right: "J. Doissom/March 16th 65"
Inscriptions:
Inside front cover inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Master Kennedy / commenced the 26th Nov. 1851. / drawn without ink or cover paper"
Description:
Sketchbook
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William T. Turner
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
